[SunkenCiv]

These scroll finds are around 1000 years old (iow, medieval in date), but here are some interesting, mostly unrelated sidebars:

• Israeli Government Allows 7,000 Bnei Menashe to Make Aliyah
• Pakistan's Jewish Problem
• Lost Jewish tribe 'found in Zimbabwe'
• Tribe in Zimbabwe Proven to be Descendants of Biblical Hebrews
• Are the Taliban Descended From One of Ten Lost Tribes of Israel?
• 'Lost tribe of Israel' arrives in Jewish state
• After millennia in India, lost tribe returns to Israel
• Rabbis convert India's 'lost tribe of Israel'
• 'Lost tribe' of Israel Faces Summer Evac
• End of 2,700-year exodus for India's lost tribe of Jews
• Report: Israel to adopt 'Lost Tribe'
• The Lemba (The Black Jews Of Southern Africa)
• Jewish Stories for a Lost Tribe of Israel
• The Lost Tribes -- Where Are They Today?
• The Edicts of King Ashoka
• "Lost Tribe" Gets A New Jewish Educational Center In India
• Genetic evidence links Jews to their ancient tribe
• Journey to the East [Looking for the Lost Tribes of Israel}
• Did Israel's Lost Tribes end up in Afghanistan?
• The Ten Lost Tribes: The Case for Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Pakistan

[Bellflower]

Thanks, links to one of my favorite topics, the lost 10 tribes of Israel. Will have to take time and check them all out.