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The Dead Sea Scrolls may be even older than researchers thought, according to a new study driven by an artificial intelligence (AI) model.

A group of researchers from the Netherlands, Italy and Denmark recently published their findings in the journal PLOS One on June 4.

The researchers said they developed an AI-based date-prediction model named Enoch, a nod to the biblical patriarch of the same name.

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Enoch "was trained as a machine learning-based date-prediction model applying Bayesian ridge regression on established handwriting-style descriptors," according to the study.

In order to date the scrolls, the model analyzed each one's handwriting style

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