Game Papyrus

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Can you decipher it? Papyrus

description

A presentation game involving deciphering fake-papyri

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Can you decipher it?

Papyrus

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+1 point for WHAT it means+1 point for WHO says it+1 point the FIRST to answer

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Intact papyrusdated 72 BCfound in a Greek theater in Sicily

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Patched papyrusattributed to a Russian dead poet

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Fragmented Egyptian PapyrusIt seems to refer to a disguised Anubis

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Trivial codingConsider using for teaching students

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RunicIt seems to make a circular statement(Lord! It’s so difficult!)

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One Ring to rule them all,One Ring to find them,One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

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Latin, perfect conditions,Incorrectly attributed to Pope Alexander III

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A piece of a comedyBelieve me is not about Harry Potter!

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Language incoherencies Consult a polyglot

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Found in a monastery: seems amanuenses were hiccupping regularly

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Asian origin Incorrectly attributed to Sun Zu

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