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Interitus

All these posts lead to a drop during an event.
Interesting is all the images are from artefacts in exhibition in the British Museum.


Interitus

1/5

Original Post

1interitus.png

The image shows the god Nisroch

Hidden Info

jigmrnqdshkpfoclawtuebv is seen on the left.

This is related to a message that showed up in the day before in the weekly newsletter email

dlimexvhnexnyigxhytoxir
taenyolkxxxagmcapesiaat
alcxeldnrxbaieasnaxrtie
naxftfbfahdorxxodsinoyx
edchxrertoxsxaupexheecn
cxctlisryhauaopuamxeopo

Using a columnar transposition on the message above using jigmrnqdshkpfoclawtuebv as the key (a.k.a. putting in as the first row and then ordering it in alphabetic order ) you get the following message

high yield xm inventory package at anomaly site niantic labs leader ready for handoff obtain secure code phrase then approach cautiously eom


2/5

Original Post

2interitus.png

The image is of the Shabaka stone

Hidden Info

In the center square

52.37 4.89

These are the coordinates of Amsterdam (52.37° N, 4.89° E)


3/5

Original Post

3interitus.png

The image is that of a Lamassu

Hidden Info

On the hat there is

April 12 : 2014
+ 106327138010385230607

This is a hint to the G+ page https://plus.google.com/u/0/106327138010385230607 that ends up being John Hanke's profile


4/5

Original Post

4interitus.png

The image is of Ashurnasirpal II

Hidden Info

SJCWZOYL EAACIZQ LGHQMR JBBJ DICXVV YWWL HLTUJI 'JOYI NVL SWI AHZ ZYB AGKL RLX?' OO PUAVSCXX UFWGT ELWL. TBTESNT IK ZXGJ FARYM. HYWILZD HCXW TOWXMRJ.

This can only be solved with the info in image 5


5/5

Original Post

5interitus.png

Strangely this post was made not by VI but by John Hanke

The image is from The Royal Lion Hunt.

Hidden Info

In the image there is a vase of sunflowers that does not belong in the original

Doing a One time Pad on the message from 4 with the keyword sunflowers we get

APPROACH NIACIZQ LGHQMR JBBJ DICXVV YWWL HLTUJI 'JOYI NVL SWI AHZ ZYB AGKLRLX?' OO PUAVSCXX UFWGT ELWL. TBTESNT IK ZXGJ FARYM. HYWILZD HCXW TOWXMRJ.

Adding the newly discovered approach nia to sunflowers we get

APPROACH NIANTIC LEADER JBBJ DICXVV YWWL HLTUJI 'JOYI NVL SWI AHZ ZYB AGKLRLX?' OO PUAVSCXX UFWGT ELWL. TBTESNT IK ZXGJ FARYM. HYWILZD HCXW TOWXMRJ.

continue doing this until the final message
APPROACH NIANTIC LEADER WITH SECURE CODE PHRASE 'HAVE YOU SEE THE VAN GOGH YET?' TO COMPLETE BRUSH PASS. PACKAGE IS HIGH VALUE. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.