These archaeologists sit through caves looking for signs of ancient life.

Old scrolls and parchment have been turning up on the black market, which led the Israel Antiquities Authority to intensify their operations in the Judean Desert.

This is known as the Cave of Horror, named after 40 skeletons were found here 60 years ago, and there are signs robbers have already paid a visit, but they didn't dig deep enough.

Mhm.

Archaeologists discovered fragments of 2000 year old biblical text.

What we found is new fragments of a scroll that we have known before that had been discovered in the 19 fifties and early 19 sixties.

But what we found is new parts of the puzzle of this rather large manuscript.

The manuscript is of a translation into Greek.

Of the 12 minor prophets from the from the Bible, the fragments are believed to have been hidden during the Bark Akhbar revolt and armed Jewish uprising against Rome.

They weren't the only discovery.

Researchers found a 6000 year old mummified skeleton of a child, coins, cones and, remarkably, a 10,000 year old basket thought to be the oldest ever found.

Wow, This is by far first place.

It's the most amazing thing I encountered.

I found I've seen in my life.

It's kind of huge.

It's it contains about between 90 to 100 leaders and it's a whole intact.

This is, uh, as far as we know, the most biggest intact basket, oldest intact basket that we know of.

Archaeologists hope the findings will lead to more understanding of the beliefs of a little understood Jewish sect.