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Re:Dead Sea Scroll fragments thought to be blank reveal text by koheripbal on Thursday May 21, 2020 @10:17PM (#23268064)
It is extremely difficult to do archeology in many countries in the middle-east, even pre-war.

Turkey, for example refuses most requests for digs. It is generally understood that they don't want excessive religious historical context placed on their country as it doesn't mesh well with their current national identity.

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Re:Dead Sea Scroll fragments thought to be blank reveal text by ducktective on Friday May 22, 2020 @04:00AM (#23269683)
Can you elaborate on Turkey being unwilling to conduct historical research on its soil? Are you an archeologist/historian? I ask because I'm generally interested in history. I've read speculations that the region called Anatolia has had a shift in 14th century in language/culture/etc.
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