Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibitions around the World: Reasons for Concern

The Dead Sea Scrolls that miraculously survived for over two thousand years suffered considerable damage due to various post-discovery interventions. Today they are subjected to frequent travelling exhibitions. The current work collates the published information on exhibitions and
conservational treatments with the results of the analytic studies of the skin-based material of the scrolls conducted since their discovery. The examination of the properties of the scrolls proves that frequent travel, exhibitions and the associated handling induce collagen deterioration that is covered up by the absence of a proper monitoring program.