The term 'Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls' refers to a collection of ancient Jewish manuscripts discovered in the 1940s and 1950s in the Qumran Caves near the Dead Sea. The scrolls are written on papyrus, which is a type of paper made from the pith of the papyrus plant. The scrolls contain some of the oldest known copies of the Hebrew Bible as well as other religious texts. They are considered to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century.