Dead Sea Scrolls (17 images)

A fragment from the Dead Sea Scrolls waits to be stitched to another in the Israel Antiquities Authority conservation lab in the Israel Museum Compound in Jerusalem, August 27, 2008. The Antiquities Authority is conducting a pilot program that involves imaging the Dead Sea Scrolls using the latest in digital technology. Thousands of Dead Sea Scroll fragments belonging to 900 manuscripts will be documented and placed on the internet data bank for the general public and scholarly research. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)

Tayna Bitler stitches fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Israel Antiquities Authority conservation lab in the Israel Museum Compound in Jerusalem, August 27, 2008. The Antiquities Authority is conducting a pilot program that involves imaging the Dead Sea Scrolls using the latest in digital technology. Thousands of Dead Sea Scroll fragments belonging to 900 manuscripts will be documented and placed on the internet data bank for the general public and scholarly research. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)

Tayna Bitler stitches fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Israel Antiquities Authority conservation lab in the Israel Museum Compound in Jerusalem, August 27, 2008. The Antiquities Authority is conducting a pilot program that involves imaging the Dead Sea Scrolls using the latest in digital technology. Thousands of Dead Sea Scroll fragments belonging to 900 manuscripts will be documented and placed on the internet data bank for the general public and scholarly research. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)

Visitors looks at a portion of the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibited in the Shrine of the Book in the Israel Museum Compound in Jerusalem, August 27, 2008. The Antiquities Authority is conducting a pilot program that involves imaging the Dead Sea Scrolls using the latest in digital technology. Thousands of Dead Sea Scroll fragments belonging to 900 manuscripts will be documented and placed on the internet data bank for the general public and scholarly research. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)