A major re-examination of the scrolls was therefore undertaken by the University of Southern California's West Semitic Research Project, using advanced photographic and computer enhancement techniques which enabled the script to be read more easily and the paleography to be dated more confidently.
Penelitian ulang gulungan-gulungan itu kemudian dilakukan oleh University of Southern California dalam rangka West Semitic Research Project, menggunakan teknik advanced photographic and computer enhancement yang dapat membaca gulungan itu lebih mudah serta penentuan tarikh menurut paleografi yang lebih pasti.