Event Listing - Museums
Fri May 23 - Sun Aug 10

Treasures From the Holy Land


Tel. 415.750.3614
Website
$6 - $10

Location
Date and Time
Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94121 map
cross street: Lincoln Park
district: Richmond (Outer)

Fri May 23 (9:30am-5:15pm)
Sat May 24 (9:30am-5:15pm)
Sun May 25 (9:30am-5:15pm)
Tue May 27 (9:30am-5:15pm)
Wed May 28 (9:30am-5:15pm)

Description
Including rotating examples of the rare Dead Sea Scroll fragments and other artifacts spanning more than 5,000 years.

This exhibition includes rotating examples of the rare and precious Dead Sea Scroll fragments in addition to artifacts spanning over 5000 years, from the Chalcolithic Age (4,000 BC) to the Fatimid Period (11th century AD). The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in history. Uncovered by Bedouin herders and excavated by archaeologists in caves along the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, fragments of the scrolls were pieced together to form more than 800 documents, many of them Biblical and Apocryphal manuscripts. All of the treasures on view are on loan from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), and most have never been seen outside of Israel.