A Bowl of Ful Medames and a Sheep Mystery Cache
A Bowl of Ful Medames and a Sheep
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The posted coordinates are bogus and even a bit peculiar. There is
no cache at that location. Instead, solve a puzzle to find the
coordinates!
"...467, 468, 469, 470, 471..."
"Whatcha doin?" asked la bandita between slurps of her lemonade as
she walked up to el bandito.
Bandito paused and zipped up his jacket, as the temperature had
dropped quickly in the shadow of the Great Pyramid of Giza. "Shh,
bandita, don't mess me up. I'm trying to count all those big stones
in that pyramid. There's a ton of them. 472, 473, 474..."
"You gotta be pulling my leg. Why are you acting so loco?"
"...478, 479... Because it will make a great puzzle. Think about
it. We'll take the total number of stones, quadruple it, convert to
base 23, and then do something with pi. I figure it will be about
2.5 stars. Great idea, huh? 480, 481, 482..."
Bandita rolled her eyes. "Yeah, whatever. Hey, they sell some good
lemonade over there. They also sell these cool brochures loaded
with information about this pyramid. Did you know that it is
believed that the pyramid was built as a tomb for the fourth
dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu, and constructed over a 20 year
period concluding around 2560 BC? Also, Khufu's vizier, Hemiunu, is
believed by some to be the architect of the Great Pyramid. It is
thought that, at construction, the Great Pyramid was 280 Egyptian
royal cubits tall, which is 146.6 meters, but with erosion and the
loss of its pyramidion, its current height is only 138.8 meters.
Each base side was 440 royal cubits, with each..."
"...440, 441, 442... Argh!"
As bandito turned to strangle bandita, she exclaimed, "Tut, tut,
bandito! Don’t be mad. Your counting is not necessary, because I
just thought up an even better idea for a puzzle..."
The Sphinx knows the location of the geocache. You can ask the
Sphinx
here to confirm your belief.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[cache]Ba tebhaq, orgjrra snyyra ybt naq napvrag sraprcbfg - nobhg gjragl srrg vagb gur ohfurf.
[puzzle]Abar bs gur cerivbhf "furrc" uvqrf jrer freirq va n fcrpvsvp glcr bs pebpxrel.