Israel to Display the Dead Sea Scrolls on the Internet

[Viggen]

In a crowded laboratory painted in gray and cooled like a cave, half a dozen specialists embarked this week on a historic undertaking: digitally photographing every one of the thousands of fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of making the entire file

[Nephele]

Eventually, everything comes to the 'net.

 

"Next month, the Jewish Museum of New York will begin an exhibition of six of the scrolls."

 

I'm a frequent visitor to NYC's Jewish Museum -- I may just drop by next month to see the scrolls. Thanks for the heads-up, Viggen!

 

-- Nephele