What was found in 1946 by two young shepards near a cave?

The story behind the answer

Dead Sea Scrolls is correct because in the late 1940s, two Bedouin shepherds exploring a cave near Qumran by the Dead Sea discovered ancient scrolls stored in clay jars. These manuscripts turned out to be the oldest known copies of many Hebrew Bible texts, along with community rules, hymns, and commentaries from a Jewish sect often linked to the Essenes.

The scrolls, written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek and dating from the 3rd century BCE to the 1st century CE, revolutionized biblical and historical studies by revealing how texts and beliefs evolved before and during the time of early Judaism and Christianity. Memory tip: think “shepherds found scriptures by the Sea”—sheep and scrolls in desert caves.