Archaeologists have discovered a new cave that is believed to have hidden Dead Sea Scrolls, the first time in 60 years that such a cave has been found.

Hundreds of ancient Hebrew manuscripts were found in 11 caves on the edge of the Dead Sea in the mid-20th century but decades have passed without a new discovery.

Researchers from Israel’s Hebrew University now say they have found a 12th cave inside a cliff near Qumran in the occupied West Bank.

No actual scrolls were discovered in the cave and the university said it believed that Bedouin looters had taken them sometime in the 1950s.