This blog post will explain the Ancient LIves Program. The Ancient Lives Program is a program of Oxford University. The program allows the viewer (And Translator, if you want to) to see the The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, which were discovered in the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Ancient Egypt and most of them are currently held at Oxford University. They were discovered in between 1896 and 1907. The dates range from the 3rd century B.C. to the 7th century A.D.. 500,000 scraps of them were found! Scholars have been studying them since then, but they have hardly scratched the surface! So, the Ancient Lives Program has put them all online. They are requesting that the public come and help them translate the papyri online. There's no need for knowledge of Greek or Latin, you click on the letter and then choose the letter it looks like from a keyboard on your screen. There's is also a tutorial at the beginning. If you have a little time on your hands, you should give it a shot. It's fun and you are helping scholars learn about the everyday life of Ancient people. Here's the link: http://ancientlives.org/transcribe
Thanks for reading!
JM
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| One of the Papyri. THis one is Amos 2 from the Bible. |
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