Scrolls found in caves near the Dead Sea in Israel turned out to be one of the greatest finds in archaeology.

More than 2,000 years after they were written, the Dead Sea Scrolls are going digital as part of an effort to better preserve the ancient texts and let more people see them than ever before, according to reports on CNN, the Associated Press, and the New York Times.  The high-tech initiative, announced today, will also reveal text that was not visible to the naked eye.

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 will be posted on the Internet for anyone to see.