The 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls are to be opened up to all with 21st-century technology. The Israel Antiquities Authority is working with Google to display the 30,000 pieces of manuscript in high resolution on the web. Access to the scrolls, that illuminate the world of the Jews around the time of Jesus, will be free. The IAA announced that the photos will be as good as seeing the real thing, ‘eliminating the need for re-exposure of the scrolls and allowing their preservation for future generations.’ In fact the scans will be easier to read than the originals, because they will restore faded text. The fragments of parchment include the oldest existing copies of the Old Testament, dating from three centuries before Christ to the first century AD.
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