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Don't drink the water Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 12/22/2012
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is hidden in SE Yuba City, but not at the posted coordinates. In order to determine the location of the hide, you must wade into the puzzle below.

1. by the late 3rd century AD, Rome was supplied with water by 11 of these (+1)
2. well-preserved Bronze Age city on the island of Santorini
3. he discovered the lost city of the Incas in the Peruvian mountains
4. the largest religious monument in the world
5. he discovered/uncovered the boy king in 1922
6. the Temple of Quetzalcoatl is also known as _____Serpent Pyramid
7. year that hundreds of terra cotta soldiers were found in a tomb (3rd digit)
8. number of Roman miles in length of Hadrian's Wall (reverse)
9. the Frenchman who translated the Rosetta Stone
10. Mayan city in Yucatan with the "well of sacrifice" (2nd word)
11. Gustafson's 1904 excavation of a Viking ship occurred here
12. year that Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered (last digit)
13. he excavated the palace at Knossos, Crete in the early 1900s
14. Swiss explorer who discovered a lost city in a narrow gorge

To test the quality of your water: (visit link)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jvxv; yrggre B=mreb; pvgratnz

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)