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1.1 KiB
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24 lines
1.1 KiB
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== Title ==
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Ancient Stone
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== Description ==
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On my way to Munster, during my trip to Ireland, I found some weird markings on a stone laying on the side of the road. Grooves in the stone seemed to try to tell me a message. Half an hour of decoding later, and I did not manage to figure out any meaning. As I was very intrigued by this stone, I made note of the markings on a piece of paper I had brought along. Might you help me decipher the ancient knowledge given by the markings?
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Note: This challenge does not follow the standard flag format, however the flag still starts with "IG".
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== Flag ==
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IGTOBEORNOTTOBE
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== Files ==
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Participants should receive the scribbles.png file.
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== Deployment ==
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== Solution/Writeup ==
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This markings are an ancient writing system called Ogham.
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The word "Ogham" was spelled out by the first letter of each sentence of the description. Munster and Ireland were also hints, since the system originated from there.
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The following image can be used to decode the message.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogham#/media/File:All_Ogham_letters_including_Forfeda_-_%C3%9Cbersicht_aller_Ogham-Zeichen_einschlie%C3%9Flich_Forfeda.jpg
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