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MBGA10-24: X Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/25/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates!

This cache placed for GeoVenture 2015. The GeoArt '10' is to celebrate the Manitoba Geocaching Association's 10th Anniversary.

N49° 59.AAA W96° 46.3BB


X (named ex /ˈɛks/, plural exes[1]) is the twenty-fourth letter in the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. In Roman numerals, it represents 10.

In Ancient Greek, 'Χ' and 'Ψ' were among several variants of the same letter, used originally for /kʰ/ and later, in western areas such as Arcadia, as a simplification of the digraph 'ΧΣ' for /ks/. In the end, more conservative eastern forms became the standard of Classical Greek, and thus 'Χ' (Chi) stands for /kʰ/ (later /x/). However, the Etruscans had taken over 'Χ' from western Greek, and it therefore stands for /ks/ in Etruscan and Latin. The letter 'Χ' ~ 'Ψ' for /kʰ/ was a Greek addition to the alphabet, placed after the Semitic letters along with phi 'Φ' for /pʰ/. (The variant 'Ψ' later replaced the digraph 'ΦΣ' for /ps/; omega was a later addition).

AAA = The letter X… it’s what letter of the alphabet? Now add 402. BB = Now, take that number (No, not the answer for AAA, just the letter of the alphabet answer) reverse it, add 3 and multiply by 2. Are you right?.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba’g or natyvat sbe zr gb tvir lbh gur nafjre abj

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)