On September 3rd, 1857, the S.S. Central America set sail for New York from Aspinwall. A few days into the voyage a powerful hurricane collided with the 272 foot sidewheel steamer and caused the steamship to slip beneath the waves. A total of 426 people and the entire ship’s cargo …
The Maranatha Puzzle included thirty-one pages of pig-pen text. Thirty of those coded pages consisted of 156 characters in a 12×13 block form. One page, however, consisted of only 103 characters. 53 spaces were left blank. Upon decipherment the page was seen to include the following phrase: “Contentment is the …
The 1907 Saint-Gaudens high relief double eagle is considered one of America’s most beautiful coins. The striking design by Augustus Saint-Gaudens prominently displays Lady Liberty pushing forth. In her right hand she holds a torch aloft (representing enlightenment) and in her other she grasps an olive branch (peace). With rays …
Because I had previously worked with The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam once before, I found it interesting to do so again. While reading Forrest Fenn’s book, I immediately recognized the first quatrain on page 101 of The Thrill of the Chase to be one linked to an unsolved code from …
Each person travels alone on a journey to discover his own heart. The ancient Egyptian board game Mehen (2500BC apprx) is believed by some researchers to represent one such spiritual journey. In form of a spiral/serpent, players traveled to center (the serpent’s head) and back out again. Winning the game …
. The Thrill of the Chase: A Memoir is Forrest Fenn’s eighth book. Placing smiles on those who read it, the book certainly demonstrates Forrest is following his philosophy; “We are all here for the pleasure of others.” The book shares thought-provoking stories from his life, and conveys valuable lessons …
Well, I wasn’t going to get the book or let myself get caught up in The Thrill of the Chase for the reason I told myself ‘I have not the time’. But, I couldn’t resist any longer; especially after I found myself browsing a wonderful blog about the hunt( by Dal Neitzel), …
The most recognized word square, known as the Sator Square, contains a mysterious collection of letters. The five, five letter words, positioned inside a 5×5 grid, form a most impressive palindrome of SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS. A palindrome is a word/sentence which can be read both forward or backward. …
The Atbash cipher is a basic encoding method known to be used in the Bible. Examples of its employment appear in the Book of Jeremiah which dates to around 600B.C. The simplicity of the code should not have one assume a lack of depth for meaning, though. The name Atbash …
“In silver bound, beneath the ground, I am the Spiral Horn” are the final words of The Prophecy of the True Horn. The full poem, found in The Unicornis Manuscripts by Michael Green, describes the resting place of an extraordinary treasure. Since 1983, a silver bound spiral horn has remained …
