This ancient, undeciphered text is closer than ever to being solved The oldest piece of undeciphered text on Earth may be close to getting cracked, and maybe you’ll be able to help. It’s a script dating to the early Bronze Age from southwestern Iran, and has left scientists scratching their heads. As a team in Oxford photographs them in excruciating detail using special instruments, they want to crowd-source the decoding process. That means soon you could help decipher the virtual images, if you’re so inclined. Be sure to check out more about the soon-to-be public project at BBC. I bet it says something far less exciting than we hope, like “Eradu is a goat face”. (via io9)
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This ancient, undeciphered text is closer than ever to being solved

The oldest piece of undeciphered text on Earth may be close to getting cracked, and maybe you’ll be able to help. It’s a script dating to the early Bronze Age from southwestern Iran, and has left scientists scratching their heads.

As a team in Oxford photographs them in excruciating detail using special instruments, they want to crowd-source the decoding process. That means soon you could help decipher the virtual images, if you’re so inclined. Be sure to check out more about the soon-to-be public project at BBC.

I bet it says something far less exciting than we hope, like “Eradu is a goat face”.

(via io9)

Source: io9.com