Community Event The Mysterious Diary | Puzzle Giveaway

Yep.

 

ugh this is infuriating I've done so many different cipher keys and different ciphers and still nothing

 

Hey man mind if you share how you decoded the text here? It would be faster because everyone can think from there

 

Alright, it's a Caesar Box cipher, with box size 10. That's all I'm gonna say.

I'm feeling like starting my own puzzle challenge...

 

@oniyan @awsomthing
is it the temple of Hathor because
the two repeating statements are

DEATH OF STRABO(23 BC)

MARC ANTONY MARRIES CLEOPATRA(32 BC)

23,32 on google maps is in Egypt Cleopatra made this temple

 

Nope, "beginning of roman conquest in Britain" repeats twice too.

 

Yeah completely missed that

 

I think I've taken too many notes...

Spoiler: My Notes

 

me too I have a word doc full right now XD I'm gonna take a break and crack at it later. The answer is probably much simpler and we are looking "outside the box" when we should be looking "inside the box"

 

Yeah. Probably something simple like the first letters (adbdblbmmdmbb) or something.

 

I think it has to do with changing the years of each event in to letters because in the puzzle it said gaining years. But I don't know about how to unify BC and AD. I also have homework to do so I am leaving the solving up to the rest of you.

 

Ok thanks

For those of you who need the full deciphered text:

ASSASSINATIONOFJULIUSCAESARDEATHOFDRUSUSJULIUSCAESARBATTLEOFTHESPURSDEATHOFSTRABOBIRTHOFPOPESIXTUSILYNCHINGOFALEXIOSAPOKAUKOSBEGINNINGOFROMANCONQUESTINBRITAINMARCANTONYMARRIESCLEOPATRAMALCOLMIVTAKESTHESCOTTISHTHRONEDEATHOFSTRABOMARCANTONYMARRIESCLEOPATRABATTLEOFMUNDABEGINNINGOFROMANCONQUESTINBRITAIN


ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR
DEATH OF DRUSUS JULIUS CAESAR
BATTLE OF THE SPURS
DEATH OF STRABO
BIRTH OF POPE SIXTUS I
LYNCHING OF ALEXIOS APOKAUKOS
BEGINNING OF ROMAN CONQUEST IN BRITAIN
MARCAN TONY MARRIES CLEOPATRA
MALCOLM IV TAKES THE SCOTTISH THRONE
DEATH OF STRABO
MARCAN TONY MARRIES CLEOPATRA
BATTLE OF MUNDA
BEGINNING OF ROMAN CONQUEST IN BRITAIN


ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR (March 15, 44BC, Rome)
DEATH OF DRUSUS JULIUS CAESAR (September 14, 23 AD, Rome)
BATTLE OF THE SPURS (August 16 1513)
DEATH OF STRABO (23AD, Amasya, Turkey)
BIRTH OF POPE SIXTUS I (42AD, Via del Corso, Italy)
LYNCHING OF ALEXIOS APOKAUKOS (June 1345)
BEGINNING OF ROMAN CONQUEST IN BRITAIN (43AD)
MARCAN TONY MARRIES CLEOPATRA (36BC)
MALCOLM IV TAKES THE SCOTTISH THRONE (27 May 1153)
DEATH OF STRABO (23AD, Amasya, Turkey)
MARCAN TONY MARRIES CLEOPATRA (36BC)
BATTLE OF MUNDA (March 17, 45BC)
BEGINNING OF ROMAN CONQUEST IN BRITAIN (43AD)



Years as follows:
44, 23, 1513, 23, 42, 1345, 43, 36, 1153, 23, 36, 45, 43

44231513234213454336115323364543



wat

 

instead of Bc it might be -

 

Those are some nice notes. I like your handwriting and color coding! (this has nothing to do with the puzzle)

 

You were up late working on this puzzle. Your friends invite you out to a party. "Be there or be square," they said. If you want to puzzle, which one would you want to be? Be square, of course! Be square if you want to solve the puzzle!

 

Thank you! I think I may have gotten the answer.

44231513234213454336115323364543

Use a Polybius Square Cipher to solve the numbers above ^

And you get this:
THECHRCUS36AXH36US

The Circus Maximus.

The favourite historical monument is The Circus Maximus.

 

Yeah, you got it. Especially with ancient history, the years you get won't be completely exact. In hindsight, maybe I should've chosen more specific events for dates, but hey, you got it right? Great job lol

 

Good job! Which item would you like to claim?

 

Thanks!

None. I like to solve these puzzles for fun, plus I don't really care about any rewards.

 

next puzzle, please! :D