Dead Sea Scrolls Digitized

I think this is a great idea and I wonder why it took so long for scholars to actually do this

Over the next two years, the Israel Antiquities Authority will digitally photograph and scan every bit of crumbling parchment and papyrus that makes up the scrolls, which include the oldest written record of the Bible's Old Testament.

The images eventually will be posted on the Internet for anyone to see.

Now we will have a record of the scrolls long after they have turned to dust. I think more old works should be preserved in the same way. It is time for Congress to appropriate the funds and create a Digital Document Ark. Too bad the Library at Alexandria didn't have something this to take the scrolls to DVD.