Before coming to Canada in 1994, I was studying for an
anthropology/archaeology degree. Never finished that degree but
have always enjoyed finding out about past civilizations. The main
focus of my studies was the American southwest. I did a lot of
surveying and mapping of the Joshua Tree National Monument as well
as the Salton Sea area. I helped out on a dig with U.C. Santa
Barbara at Rimrock Shelter near Needles, CA (woke up in the back of
my Jeep in the early morning to an earthquake which just about
leveled 29 Palms and the vicinity) and also did some time with
UNLV. Petroglyphs (pictures carved/etched/scraped into rock) and
pictographs (pictures painted onto rock surfaces) were always my
favourite things to discover and learn about and the ones I liked
the most were the BIG HORNED SHEEP!
My archaeology and field class instructor, Nick Spain, had a way
of making you WANT to delve deeper and learn more about what you
were studying. His Rock Art and field classes were some of the best
times I've ever had. It was hard work and there were field journals
to write but I thoroughly enjoyed myself and met some wonderful
people!
Another civilization that used "pictures" to convey messages
(dare I say WRITE MESSAGES? ... yes, I will!) was the ancient
Egyptians. So, I have decided to send you back to "class" to learn
about hieroglyphs. You must decipher the message below to learn the
true coordinates of the cache. Please no critiques about my glyph
writing... I'm new at it too! (haha)
At the time of placement, the cache contained various small
items for trade which include a "bag of bones" (gotta stick with
the theme here...), a TB, a geocoin, caching buttons, etc. There's
also a little "golden treasure" for the FTF. Please keep your
trades small. Enjoy the glyphs and happy hunting!
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
