Google Brings the Dead Sea Scrolls To the Digital Age

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @11:43AM from the nothing-is-dead-on-the-internet dept.

skade88 writes "Google has been working to bring many old manuscripts to the internet at high resolution for all to see. From their announcement: 'A little over a year ago, we helped put online five manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls—ancient documents that include the oldest known biblical manuscripts in existence. Written more than 2,000 years ago on pieces of parchment and papyrus, they were preserved by the hot, dry desert climate and the darkness of the caves in which they were hidden. The Scrolls are possibly the most important archaeological discovery of the 20th century. Today, we're helping put more of these ancient treasures online. The Israel Antiquities Authority is launching the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library, an online collection of some 5,000 images of scroll fragments, at a quality never seen before.'"

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Re:Are we any smarter than we were 2000 years ago? by kamapuaa · 2012-12-18 12:47 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Why is it that most successful people believe in God, but most basement dwellers who live on the internet are atheists?

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