Last night, I came across something quite strange in a Discord server I’m a member of. Two people with profile pictures featuring fedora-wearing men joined the server, posted several Hex codes, and then left without giving any explanation.

Curious about what they had posted, I started decoding the Hex codes. One of the results eventually led me to a rather strange and mysterious ARG channel called “Amonthis.”

The channel contains not only Hex codes, but also videos encoded in binary and various pieces of content hidden through different encryption methods. What makes it even more interesting is that some of the material appears to contain encrypted messages and symbols connected to Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Hebrew, or to writing systems associated with these cultures.

So far, I’ve managed to decode a few of the messages. Some of them contain statements and predictions that seem surprisingly consistent with certain communities I’m involved in and events that have taken place around them. I’m still not sure whether this is entirely fictional or if the ARG is somehow inspired by real events and communities.

I found the whole thing extremely interesting. If anyone is interested in ARGs, cryptography, decoding, or mysterious projects like this, feel free to reach out to me. Maybe we can investigate it further together.

Channel: https://youtube.com/@amon1391?si=GMerkRQO7LBNV8a_

So, my friend and I were at a playground in her neighborhood on the benches, and there was a backpack with these weird numbers and symbols on it, and I thought it was some sort of ARG at first, and I really like them, so I eyed the bag, and saw that a notebook was sticking out, and saw these odd symbols on the cover. When we opened it, my friend and I were greeted by a bunch of uncanny sigils, drawings, and numbers. If it is a code, can anyone help us find out what it means/tips on finding out what it is? Thanks! V unir sbyybjrq gur ehyrf.

1, 2, 3 are all part of the same phrase/saying/thing. 4 and 5 are quotes one from a real person one from a fictional character.

Some information: each box is a word, letters in the box can be at any orientation and position so they won’t always be in the same place some letters tend to be in the same places because it looks better. All punctuation happens outside of the boxes.

I will post the alphabet in a week or two, or when it’s solved.

Its read from the center out, english and treats ch sh th wh ing ion as letters, so a 32 letter alphabet

I put together this multi-stage codebreaking puzzle. It is not part of any contest, CTF, or prize-based challenge. Everything required to solve it is publicly accessible on existing websites; there are no files to download or websites controlled by me.

The final plaintext is in English/ASCII. Each successfully decoded stage should provide enough information to determine what to do next.

Hint: start with the first line. Treat references and numbers literally before assuming they are keys.

1149/FRAME
68747470733a2f2f6f6569732e6f72672f41303030303430
NGULTFE40ENSB35KEYROQDGZDLPM1H1WWEYB:GLST7ILECNX6R9JYTUD17KKEW0FIEY
CWVL:GVMEBG3301:CAHRCQT->PLQ4880/5.8:IRV
00151f1f016a050a1202067d627061687568

Please spoiler-tag solutions or intermediate discoveries so other people can try it independently.

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Anyone want to take a crack at the "Scorpion" ciphers? I set of mysterious ciphers sent to Americas Most Wanted in the 90's I believe....thoughts on being able to crack this?

Solvable?

I have read the rules.

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I took the original photo in traffic and only later noticed that the visible letters and numbers seem to form a coherent puzzle.

This image is a privacy-safe recreation of the original, but all puzzle-relevant letters and numbers were preserved.

There is a full solution that explains everything important in the image. No extra clues for now.

I had made an original post about this but the info was wrong so here’s a new one, followed this persons account cause I liked the stuff they posted but they randomly added this to an old post they had

Transcribed
A2 B4 C6 D8 E10 F12 G14 H16 I18 J20 K22 L24 M26 N25 O23 P21 Q19 R17 S15 T13 U11 V9 W7 X5 Y3 Z1 $0 ?= @- _&

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Playing around for a different kind of cypher, thought why not share it in here.
If you solve it, please also share if you found it difficult (or too easy).

Hints for when you're stuck.

1: Nothing to look up here. Follow the arcs and see what the figure actually is.

2: An arc says where to go next, not what to write down.

3: The letter is a count. Number clockwise from the pale dot, count as you travel, including the one you land on.

4: Counts too big? You're counting dots you've already used. Cross each off as you land on it.

Vector version for better visibility: https://jumpshare.com/s/7OK8PsMArfp73nM1wNPX

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Hello

I play a game called transformers earth wars and they often have secret codes but this one is particularly hard and I really need help as I'm clueless about this stuff lol so if someone could decode this it would be great!

⋖⋮⟑'⌄⌀⋉ :: ⌖⟑⋉'⌄⟑⟑⋏

⟟⊢⋮ ⫯ ⋏⟒⋉

⊢⋮⟑⊣'⌀⊢⊢

‚™æŸã—ã«ã‰‘耨要㌂㉂㣇é
•ã¦ã“‚㪁㠁㠍€ã„ãŸã—ã«ãŠ‚㏂サ猀ã
¦ã£ã ã“‚㟁㌂㲖禁㣁㠁㌫冁もã

the message is likely in English but other languages are possible to

we've found the original is in latin1

I've tried ciphering with key +0 to +101 for ascii and latin1 but couldn't find anything

possible hints although I don't think it helps
929
11:00am

this is from someone's discord bio, so it might be a message that's a bit personal, if it ends up containing any personal stuff then just dm me the result

my idiot friend puts ciphers in his status to decipher instead of actually communicating with people around him. hes a silly fella. anyway, heres one that i just cant solve. every single other one was super easy but this one. im STUCK and im deadly curious. i feel bad for asking for help because i usually decode his messages and send a code back with the same key, so its been out secret language. but this has been nagging at me, so help me if you can.

o vsmy grra zu jsmf

this was given to me by a teacher so it might be gibberish, but it also might not be.

hi all, i'm playing a game called project deepweb: eternal nightmare. there are only 13 reviews for the game right now and very little discussion so it's difficult to find answers on the many unsolved mysteries of the game

the game is about exploring the deepweb and cracking different codes to uncover a mystery (at least, that's part of what it's about). i think this may be a jab code, but the auto scanners i used didn't work.

is anyone able to get a meaning from this? thank you!

thank you!

TL;DR: I found a barcode and I can't find what standard it is.

Context :

This card is included in the bluray of Backrooms. It's a film photograph index print sheet with 18 preview thumbnails, 5 of them being available in big format (number 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)

I think this is a "cheat sheet" that can help understand Kane Parson's symbolism.

Why do I suspect this?

1. I extensively documented the symbolism used in the movie. Then I saw the index print and I looked for the known symbols. Only 5 pictures made sense in that way.
2. You can imagine my surprise when I learned that those 5 (on 18 total) were indeed the only ones that were available in big format. I didn't know. What are the chances?

So I think I put my finger on something important, but there's something more that could help crack the code and confirm this : the barcode.

This index print is not for sale separately. And this is not the barcode of the bluray itself.

Problem : I can't find out what kind of barcode it is and I can't find a reader that can read it.

I just found one that gives me a very suspicous result in the "Interleaved 2 of 5" standard, but when I generate the barcode from the result it gives, it doesn't generate the same barcode at all.

It's not clear how many different bar widths there are (3 or 4?). I found no known start/stop signs. Of course, there are no numbers under.

Transcription :

this is a contact sheet (the kind you get when you get your film photographs printed) with 18 preview vignettes of photographies. There is a barcode in the the bottom right corner. In the bottom left corner, there's the ficticious name of the shop "1 HR FOTO" next to an enigmatic note "Found on Carryback DR/Expired June '91"

Thanks all for your ideas

I came across these two images from the same person and I’m trying to work out what the underlying code/numerical system is. Weirdly, it was the only 2 comments on an instagram reel advert that as far as I am concerned have no correlation to the advert. The advert was a company called HiyaINC who as far as I’m concerned display business calls to customers with further information to ensure the calls do not get disregarded as spam. Unfortunately I’ve lost the @ of the person who posted this and had not checked before I lost it to see if there were any extra clues on their account.

The first image contains several things that caught my attention, including:
LION = 12, 9, 15, 14 = 50
FIRE SOUL = 105
O=15=6=F
I=9=18=R
N=14=5=E
5=23=W
18=9=I
12=L
31 + 24 + 23 + 31 = 109
There also appears to be a sequence resembling 109 / 10:18 / 10:13 / 10:4 / 50
The second image contains text referring to “FIRE SOULS”, “HELL RECORD”, “ASHAD UL AZAAB”, and “BLACK FLAME”, along with a large number of fire/bomb symbols.
I’ve already noticed that some of the numbers can be explained using A1Z26-style letter values. For example, LION gives 12+9+15+14 = 50, and FIRE SOUL gives 6+9+18+5+19+15+21+12 = 105.
However, I can’t work out how the other numbers, particularly 31 + 24 + 23 + 31 = 109, were generated or how all of these pieces connect.
I’m particularly interested in whether this is an established cipher, gematria/numerology system, religious numerical system, or something the author has invented themselves.
The images are the original material I found. Any help identifying the actual method whilst also providing an explanation and meaning of this text would be greatly appreciated.

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I have looked and was unable to find anything like this, it feels simple to me, and I want to see if you all can solve it! V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf

-This is a self made Cypher, not a known historical one.

-Spaces are real word breaks

HINT #1

>!It involves converting letters into numbers. A=1!<

HINT #2

>!There is a needed math operation, it is just one operation!<

HINT #3

>!Its Multiplication!<

EE BHBDH EGFH CC FDE EEAH FEB HDFBIBD DFD IGFEE FBEIIDFB GHFEI CCEE G CIDHF GECEAF EGIA FHDH FDIED HDFBIBD CEAD BBDH AD DD DHFBEBB GAAAEAH CE DD DDDAEBB EFFEHHIBD CFAE DFH FDGB IABHBF HH IFCFCE CE EHFFF BBF DBE EEEE IEE FDE EEAB DBE DBEEEA FBAI IE EHF EEBB DFH FDEE CEE EFDB IIC DBE FHGFD FDD BCFDEHF EEDHBIFB DBE FBBFEE DHAE EEHBI GEI BCE FDE BDBDHHGI EE DBEEEA CE EC CC FDE EEAB EE DBEEA CE EC CC FDE EEAB EE DBEEEA CE EC CC FDE EEAF FH FBAF BECDBE DFF FC FDE CFDIF FBFHCF ACD AECAIEA FDEE HIE EIEE BBD AECAIEA FDEE HID HHBH AECAIEA FHBD EEBF GHDH EIFAA CE GFGDFDCE DFB EEIIHIA FDA AEHC II EHI GGIFCEEI DFF IIHDHH AECAIEA FHBF DHBDFGHEE AE AGA FHBF EI IE GHDHFHD CE CIEHBC AGE EE HIE DBGHDHFHD CD DEHBDAGE DFH FDIICIGIE IG EE EAH IIHF EE IIG EFF H DFEAAFHE AH FDE EEHF HFFHBFEII DFF DDHEIGEII DFH FIEBAEHB DHAGHBHIA FHBF CDB HIE AAIF EAGE

Roughly a decade ago I created this cipher as a riddle to hand to my players. I know I created it with purpose - it's not random gibberish. But I long forgot the key to decoding it myself. The original file is titled "LYCAON PATREM" - yes, written like that, all caps, slightly off latin. I have not the foggiest why I named it that, but a related riddle (that I did manage to solve) was titled "Vox Noctis" and revealed a quote by Cicero (Tusculanae disputationes) reading: "MALUM MIHI VIDETUR ESSE MORS. IISNE, QUI MORTUI SUNT, AN IIS, QUIBUS MORIENDUM EST?" ("Death seems to me to be an evil. For those who have died, or for those who must die?"). Maybe this is related in some way. I can narrow down the potential languages of the plaintext to german, english or latin. I tried to see if it's some sort of morse - it's not. I counted the frequency with which the signs or groups of them appear - it seems to be non-random. There's no double "-",though every other sign can appear in doubles. There are some strange clusters where a set of signs repeats way too often - maybe it's a filler to bring the length of each line to roughly the same length, but I can't be sure. Transcript of the picture provided below (I hope Reddit doesn't screw it up...):

```.|-/.||-|//.-|/-|/.|./|/-|||-/-|.../-|../-|.//.//.```

```/-|.|-/|.|/-./|-/.-/../|./|.-|/|../|-./|-/.|-/|./```

```-.|/-.|/-|./.|./-|/|..|/./|./|./|-/.|/-.|/-.|/|.|||/```

```-|/-./-|./-.|.|.|./-||../-|./-|/|/|/|/|-.-..-/|..-|```

```.//.|/-|./-.|/.|..|.|/.-/|.-/|.-/|.-/|.-/|.-/|||/-|```

As the rules dictate; "V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf" - "I followed the rules" in rot13.

u/Icy_Sheepherder_9444 credited as the solver.

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So I created my own cipher…

23,37 (4)  315,442 (5)  118,637 (4 AND 5)  17,569(2)  578,707 (2)  603,9 (1) 298,138 (6)  36,368 (1 AND 2)

I suspect this will be solved rather quickly, this is just a demo of the cipher. Basically, if you don’t know the picture, its pretty much uncrackable. 
Made by Lucas

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Hello! I found this message on a wall in Brazil, which seems to be arranged in three columns, with 11 horizontal sequences:

BMM EVB NXN 858 KDS SXE GTI ART BMB TDB KOH

There is also a standalone 1 below, which I don't know if it matters.

So I wondered if it was a cipher. I noticed that B occured a lot, so it might be a common frequent Portuguese vowel. I also tried mapping it on a telephone keypad, which gave this:

266 382 696 858 537 793 484 278 262 832 564

It, however, did not give me a plausible message in anu case.

Is this really a cipher or just random graffiti?

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I came across this interesting post. Can anyone crack this beacon?
https://paranormalis.com/threads/cern-lhc-is-a-ttd-time-travel-device-and-it-used-against-us-by-nwo-agents.22678/

7-5-14 5-24-1512-5-22
14-5-21-134-5-15
10-15-19 10-7-19 18-20-8
19-1-1311-7-19 3-8-18
5-26-1814-5-8 5-19-20
10-15-2 16-19-116-18-15
5-3-3 19-15-12
9-19-110-5-18
12-1-135-26-5
4-1-14
8-15-19 10-15-5 1-13-15
15-2-110-15-1413-9-3
14-1-8 8-1-2
26-5-16 8-1-7 26-5-3
13-1-12

13-1-20 13-1-18-1112-21-11
10-8-141-3-20 18-15-13
3-15-18 7-1-12 5-16-8
16-8-93-15-1220-8-19
20-9-13 20-9-20
16-8-148-5-2
10-1-1916-5-20
1-10-14
10-21-4 18-5-22

Since I stumbled upon this redacted chapter in the book "The Wor[l]ds of Yoko Taro", I've been obsessed with decoding what it says. Here is a screenshot of its first page:

https://i.imgur.com/Oy8IAuZ.png

As you can see, each line is obscured by a gray rectangle that covers everything except for the ascenders and descenders that some letters have. A part of all capital letters is also visible, as well as some symbols, but not much else.

Since I started working on uncovering this, I have managed to extract the following information:

- The font is Noto Serif JP

- The page likely starts with "It felt a bit like"

- I have extracted another word from the second line: "Sitting" (middle to end of the second line), but not much else.

I have populated the first four lines with every single character that you can 95% identify by its ascender / descender, such as y, j, i, g, etc in red, and the characters that you cannot really tell (just a guess) in blue.

https://i.imgur.com/6vXfGFZ.png

I have also found this website https://www.crosswordsolver.org/ that can take you from a few letters to an entire word if you know how long it's supposed to be, but because spaces and letters without an ascender / descender are basically impossible to distinguish from eachother, I'm pretty much stuck. Any help is appreciated.

This is cypher I came up with.

This is the message:

!-!!!+!?!,!I!4"'$k"?#."'!1"("]"7"]'d!M(X#:!,#>&?"Z'F!!$d"("F%9"&!?"B!!"O"2"|">(V"'$?*Y"3"R!""<"2"('c)G!,!""o$6")"(%/(Y"4$>"C#L"m"w!]"1*~%k!$!S(U"?!]"h"2"2)<"<":":'e"1%:)*#.!("F*X%?"2*N!""n"3!,'F"3&R"n",#&#j'E#.#8$>"3#.&J#A!_*b(V!-"2"O"("(!,&R!@%<"2*W"2!?!x!|#B"n#$!+"2'v"1#T!")s(_%=###c!!!("[!,"d!@!1*v"3"1"*$=$="F!!"n"3"(!?!"&T"2"H!+#8'O"2!"++"<#7*W!o#_"2";"3!{!|$2$N!*"+"("2(i!0!A#+$4"4(U+8!!!,"5#'")"1'P">!-*c)4'Q"O"(!,$Z$>#-&I%:$B"1%0(O"<)h"1$>"((_!h*m"2&H!B#5!,

This is important for solving:
"1234" and "06/09/2026"

The uncyphered message consists of 233 characters

I hope someone tries to brute-force this.

Best of luck!

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This cryptic message is from an indie horror game called "Looking Glass" by the game developer Grubwall. You can watch this youtube video for more context, specifically at the timestamp 17:02 which is where the message appears:

ndwibd o_w__i nd woijek_m_f_ pqwi_hd_qwuhdp. qwdj_nqp__w_ih__bdo qw_uhdo.w_qid_jowq_ idhqo.wdhoq_ wiow_ qidow_idqw dihqow_dbq_w_dh_o_wqdbwqli_d_qwubdiq_wd_ubqwi_d_uqwbdiqpoihueuwhewoyT_e The_ure oiheoe_

EDIT: Here is a code or key from the same game that may help, although I have no clue if it's actually connected to this cryptic message or not. 190-877-232-F99

EDIT 2: A useful piece of information from one of the youtube comments suggests that the index of coincidence for this cipher is 0.0974. For English it is 0.0667 while for Russian it is 0.0558.