Article Title

Imaging the Fire-Damaged Petra Scrolls

Authors

Keywords

Ancient Studies, Religious Studies, Petra Scrolls, southwest Jordan, 6th century Byzantine church

Abstract

A FARMS-sponsored team specializing in state-of-the-art imaging technology is producing remarkable images of the Petra scrolls. These ancient papyrus documents were found in a charred heap during the 1993 excavation of a sixth-century Byzantine church in Petra, in southwestern Jordan.

Recommended Citation

(1998) "Imaging the Fire-Damaged Petra Scrolls," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 18: No. 2, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol18/iss2/8