RALEIGH -- Get a taste of sacred history right here in North Carolina. An exhibit showing the Dead Sea Scrolls will make its long-awaited debut at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh on Saturday. It features manuscripts that are more than 2,000 years old.

The exhibit will open for six months from now until December 28. Tickets cost $22, but if history is your thing, the exhibit is hard to beat. Inside a dimly lit room, you’ll find fragments of six authentic Dead Sea Scrolls. They were sheltered in a cave for 2,000 years and include biblical writings from the books of Genesis and Isaiah.

“The Dead Sea Sscrolls are widely acknowledged to be among the greatest archeological treasures ever discovered and include the oldest surviving manuscripts of the Hebrew bible,” museum director Betsy Bennett explained.

Dozens of people got a sneak peak of the exhibit on Thursday that has been in the works for three years in Raleigh. It’s been a project of passion for Angela Baker-James, the “Friends of the Museum” executive director.

“One year ago, Dr. Bennett and I traveled to Israel to finalize our plans with the Israel Antiquities Authority,” Baker-James said. “While there we had the opportunity to visit the ancient site of Gumran to stand and look across the dry river bed into Cave 4, one of the 11 caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.”

From coins to scroll jars, visitors will get to experience the history of Israel, but for 92-year-old museum volunteer Herbert Shulman, it brings back many memories.

“My wife and I visited in 1980 for a month because she has relatives there and we would take bus trips. We've been to the Mosada, which is not far from where we are talking about,” Shulman said.

For the first three months, six scrolls will be on display. Another six scrolls will be shown during the second 3-month display.

If you plan on taking children, their tickets are a little cheaper and range in price from $3 to $12. There are also discounts for students, military members and senior citizens.