Google Makes Ancient Dead Sea Scrolls Available Online

An Israel Museum worker points at the word "Jerusalem" written in a part of the Isaiah Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, inside the vault of the Shrine of the Book building at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

A screenshot of a section from the Temple Scroll, one of five Dead Sea Scrolls made accessible online thanks to a partnership between Israel's national museum and web giant Google.

Dr. Adolfo Roitman presents a part of the Isaiah Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, inside the vault of the Shrine of the Book building at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

A tourist is silhouetted standing near a replica of the Dead Sea Scrolls on display inside the Shrine of the Book building at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

An Israel Antiquities Authority, IAA, worker presents fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, at the IAA offices at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

An IAA worker presents fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, at the Antiquities offices at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Dr. Adolfo Roitman presents a part of the Isaiah Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, inside the vault of the Shrine of the Book building. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

The shores of the Dead Sea in Israel, so called because the lowest elevation on the face of the planet is also among the world's saltiest bodies of water. (AP)