The Dead Sea
Scrolls were lost in the Judean desert for more than 2000 years before being
rediscovered in 1947. Now The Digital Dead
Sea Scrolls project makes five of the ancient documents available online to
everyone.
The online
scrolls contain incredibly high-resolution photography (up to 1200 megapixels) and
an English translation along with the original Hebrew text. Looking through the scrolls online
is a remarkable mashup of ancient artifacts and modern technology.
Not
everything can be done online: sometimes you need to be there. When a magnitude 5.8 earthquake
struck near Washington, D.C. last August, the Washington Monument
suffered visible damage. This week the U. S. National Park Service sent its "difficult access
team" to rappel
up and down the monument to check for damage. Civil Engineer Emma Cardini seemed to
enjoy the task and was quoted as saying "It’s really cool to see the planes flying under you".
See, that’s why it’s great to be an engineer.
