29 November 2005
Anyone watching the Sunday night television series about the Pharaohs will be impressed with the data preservation techniques used 3,000 years ago, which have enabled their words and images to be viewed today - writes Victor Keegan of The Guardian. Because they wrote on stone, they had none of today's problems associated with viruses or changes in formats and storage techniques that threaten the longevity of our images.
Read the full story at the Guardian Online:
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1648849,00.html