The finding was made during an excavation at the Harbor of Eleutherios, one of the ports of ancient Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
A local elder of Antakya, Turkey's Jewish community handed the scrolls over to ZAKA rescuers, who are working on transporting them to safety.
The suspects were reportedly planning terror attacks on several consulates and places of Christian and Jewish worship.
Pilgrimages made by Orthodox groups of varying sizes to the grave sites of similarly revered Jewish figures across Europe, are far from uncommon and have spawned a cottage travel industry.
The photos included an image of US Airways Flight 1549, which made an emergency landing in the Hudson River, along with the phrase "I hope we all die" written in Arabic.
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