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June 10, 2013 02:33 pm PDT
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Help transcribe ancient Egyptiantexts
You don't need to know an ancient language to help scientists read ancient literature. Researchers are looking for volunteers for a crowdsource project aimed at transcribing (and, later, translating) the words written on a series of crumbling papyrus scrolls, found in a trash heap at the site of what was once Oxyrhynchus, Egypt.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/nFWp3oIukvU/story01.htm
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