Wednesday, July 8, 2009

The Lost Symbol Cryptic Messages

If you don’t know already, The Lost Symbol is the name of the book by Dan Brown, which is going to be released in September. The book, which was tentatively titled The Solomon Key, has been renamed as The Lost Symbol. The book is high on expectations and people are Preordering The Lost Symbol at many online stores. It is the third book featuring Robert Langdon, the symbologist.

To create the hype the publishers have been releasing cryptic messages on twitter and facebook. We have been able to solve some of them here:

Cryptic Message - Codes of ethics? T 10 C; 6 P O T SOD; 12 S O T Z
The Meaning:
T 10 C - The Ten Commandments
6 P O T SOD - 6 Points On The Star Of David
2 S O T Z - 12 Signs Of The Zodiac

Cryptic Message - Totum maior summa partum
The Meaning:
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Cryptic Message – An image that can be viewed at http://twitpic.com/9htwl
The Meaning:
Its the Gadsden flag without the legend "DONT TREAD ON ME" at the bottom

Cryptic Message – The inspiration of a spy: How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
The Answer:
Nathan Hale, American revolutionary hero his statue is at CIA HQ. He is believed to have said these lines inspired from CATO.

We will continue our endeavor to solve these cryptic messages that are posted. If you have any answers please add you comments below and I will add them in the next post.


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