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The Dead Sea scrolls (DSS) are the most important archaeological find in Israel. Relatively well preserved in caves for 2000 years, additional damage has occurred since their removal in the 1950s. Among other issues, thousands of fragments were stored between glass plates, and over the years white “halos” formed around some of these fragments. Different theories about these “halos” have been proposed:...