Oxford University wants help decoding Egyptian papyri

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Source: BBC News



Oxford University is asking for help deciphering ancient Greek texts written on fragments of papyrus found in Egypt.

Hundreds of thousands of images have gone on display on a website which encourages armchair archaeologists to help catalogue and translate them.

Researchers hope the collective effort will give them a unique insight into life in Egypt 1,000 years ago.
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But although they are written in Greek, visitors to the website do not have to have any knowledge of the language in order to use an online tool to help analyse the fragments.

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-14289685
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I have yet to check this out, but it sounds like it could be interesting!

[shireen]

1. i was just browsing it, very cool!

I was active in the 2nd galaxy zoo classification and it was really fun. I'm so impressed by how it's become a central point for so many interesting citizen science projects!

[jberryhill]

2. Paging Joseph Smith... Line 1

If he was around, he'd have this figured out in no time flat.