An opportunity to be a citizen Egyptologist

[kestrell]

Ancient Lives
http://ancientlives.org/
is a project which invites citizen scientists to help measure and translate ancient papyri. No knowledge of dead languages is required--instead, the citizen scientist does a lot of visual matching. While the tasks involved are all visual, the site is nicely accessible and full of fascinating information, so break out your pith helmets, folks, and dive in.