Ancient CivilizationsTimeline of the Dead Sea Scrolls Rewritten By Radiocarbon Dating and AI Posted on June 16, 2025 by Administrator For more than seven decades, the Dead Sea Scrolls have offered a window into the spiritual and political life of ancient Judaism, as well as early Christianity. Yet despite their immense importance, the dating of individual scrolls has remained an inexact science. Now, a groundbreaking study by an international team of scholars led by the University of Groningen has deployed artificial intelligence and radiocarbon dating to bring new precision to this ancient puzzle.