Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:50 PM
dipsydoodle (32,609 posts)
'Crowd-sourcing' website to decipher ancient writingLast edited Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:01 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
The Oxford academic trying to crack an ancient undeciphered writing system has set up a website to "crowd-source" help from the public.
Jacob Dahl was so overwhelmed by offers of help from BBC News website readers that he has made a website to harness their code-breaking skills. Dr Dahl wants to decipher proto-Elamite texts on 5,000-year-old clay tablets. Among those offering help is the grandson of one of the archaeologists who unearthed them over a century ago. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20066885 Website referred to here : http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/proto-elamite Sounds like Linear B revisited. 
edit to add ; anyone interested in Linear B go to Youtube and search A Very English Genius (part1) then go to part2 etc. Its a BBC documentary on the subject of Michael Ventris who cracked it.
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dipsydoodle | Oct 2012 | OP |
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| tanyev | Oct 2012 | #2 |
Response to dipsydoodle (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:21 PM
1. They need to decipher this..........
Response to thelordofhell (Reply #1)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:44 PM
DavidDvorkin (12,070 posts)
3. There may not be anything there to decipher
Response to dipsydoodle (Original post)
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 06:33 PM
tanyev (22,085 posts)
2. Very cool.
