Dead Sea Scrolls liberator Hershel Shanks passes away at 90
The most notable contribution of Shanks's career may have been a decades-long advocacy for public access to the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were discovered in 1947.
A restorer works on a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls in a laboratory at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem(photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)ByABIGAIL ADLER
