Disk Images

Rosetta Disk Face

Top of the Rosetta Disk Container

Side of the Rosetta Disk Container

Disassembled Rosetta Container

Macro to Micro-etching (Long Now blog post by Alexander Rose)

Very Long-term Backup (Long Now blog post by Kevin Kelly)

Be sure to read the fine print! (Long Now blog post by Laura Welcher)

Close ups of the archive by Spencer Lowell

the Rosetta Disk

Fifty to ninety percent of the world's languages are predicted to disappear in the next century, many with little or no significant documentation.