Two interviews were organized during the course of the puzzle by the Tweleve Forum moderator, Cthree. One was given on May 15, 2006 and the other was on October 13, 2006. These open chat sessions gave readers a chance to ask specific questions about topics surrounding the Maranatha puzzle. Duncan …
One of the recurring numbers which appears while researching the many topics surrounding the Maranatha puzzle or Rennes le Chateau is the number 17. From the puzzle’s introduction on the story of Nicolas Flamel, to the continued study of mystery, one seems to keep encountering this number. Many times it is …
The Maranatha Puzzle contained a total of 69 alchemical or planetary symbols dispersed across the seven images. The images themselves were based from the legendary lost book of Nicolas Flamel, but the addition of the symbols was more prominent to the Maranatha book. The symbols are assumed to hold some bearing for the finding of …
The Maranatha puzzle competition and series came to a close before all of the initially planned puzzle books were published and released. Two puzzle books; one in search for a Key and the other in search for the Holy Grail (using the Key) were originally intended. Each of these was …
One of the few un-debated discoveries of the Maranatha Puzzle book was an anagram found by a forum member (under the username of Synchronicity) of the tweleve website. On page xiii in the original version of the book were the words set aside from the rest. They were as follows: …
The Maranatha Puzzle included seven images within its encoded text. After five encrypted pages the first image appeared. This was immediately followed by three more. The fifth, sixth and seventh image appeared after the first, second, and third chapters, respectfully. With the permission in order to do so, they are included below. …
Although there were two different parchments of the Maranatha Puzzle, they both were received by puzzlers in a folded up form and then sealed with a red wax-like substance. The back side edges of the sheet were folded inward so they touched at the center. The bottom and top then did the …
Representatives (Duncan Burden and his sister Claire) of the Maranatha Puzzle Series took part in a Book Expo in Washington D.C. on May 19th, 2006, at booth 4561. As a promotional tool, parchments were handed out during the event. These parchments (seen below) were aged looking single sheets of paper which …
All of the decoded text for the Maranatha Puzzle is scattered across public forums. In an attempt to solve the mystery, many puzzlers openly discussed possible interpretations or applications for the sentences and phrases. Below is the complete assembled text. The encoded text comprised of 156 Pig-pen characters in a 12×13 arrangement which …
During the course of the Maranatha Puzzle, clues were released on the puzzle’s website. Each month a new clue was presented to the readers. They were to “offer aid in the successful conclusion of the project.” The following is a list of those clues; similar to how they were given on the site …
