Fragments of a biblical scroll, along with other relics, have been found in desert caves in Israel.

Dozens of pieces of parchment were written in Greek, with just the name of God appearing in Hebrew with more.

Here's David Campaign Ali, deep in the Judean Desert, close to the Dead Sea caves once used by second century Jewish rebels.

They had gone into hiding following a failed revolt against Roman rule, barely accessible except by up sailing down to them.

Dozens died here, but hidden with them were biblical treasures, the like of which Israel has not seen in over half a century.

That is, until now.

Israeli archaeologists working to prevent caves in the area from being looted filmed the moment of their discovery.

Amazing, Amazing one says three lines.

This is exciting.

They found ancient verses from the books of the Prophet Zechariah and mayhem in the Hebrew Bible, likely written down in the centuries either side of the birth of Christ.

The Israeli authorities said the Scriptures were of immeasurable worth for humanity.

For the first time in over 60 years, we have fragments set of a biblical book that were discovered in an archaeology archaeological excavation.

It's important to also because this isn't the first time where, when such fragments are found in an excavation and brought straight here to our laboratory, the parchment had been written in Greek, the language adopted after the conquest of Judea by Alexander the Great.

The name of God, though exclusively appears in Hebrew, written at a time when the Jews are returning from Babylonian captivity, Zechariah rights of what is to come from the rebuilding of the temple and Jerusalem to a coming Messianic king.

So the Book of Zachariah has two figures.

A priest and the king who worked together to bring about a new holy state.

And therefore it's a very important book, which is quoted in the New Testament.

Searches of the cliffs and caves in the Judean Desert have yielded a treasure trove of fines of decades.

The archaeologists involved say they hope to keep going with the hope of more discoveries to come.