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DaVinci Code Movie Trailhead or Timewaster?
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rowan
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 		DaVinci Code Movie Trailhead or Timewaster?
It seems that there is something hidden in the DaVinci Code Trailer.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
As you can see from the screencap some of the letters are highlighted. If you anagram them you get "thecodes". However, using variations of www. thecodes. com/org/net/info doesn't get you anything.

You have to watch the trailer to see that there is something else that is highlighted: "seek" in "seek the truth". That gives us http://www.seekthecodes.com

This brings us to a blog (owned by Sony) giving us a couple of different riddles to solve. Not a whole lot going on, but you just never know if it could develop into something big (although I'm not holding my breath).

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 		The idea of a DaVinciesque ARG makes me tingle... but I dont see any puzzles on the blog, rowan. I probably don't know what to look for.
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Dionysus wrote:
The idea of a DaVinciesque ARG makes me tingle... but I dont see any puzzles on the blog, rowan. I probably don't know what to look for.
Sorry, I had the wrong link before. Should be fixed now.
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The Theft of the Mona Lisa






Vincenzo Perugia

Italian immigrant Vincenzo Perugia was up to no good when he went to work on August 20, 1911, at the Louvre, one of the world's best-known museums in Paris. That Sunday night after his shift, Vincenzo hid in a room within the museum throughout the night. At some point in the late evening or early morning hours Vincenzo snuck out of the room, so as not to disturb the guards and gently walked to the area where one of the museum's most-prized possessions, the Mona Lisa, hung on the wall.


Mona Lisa painting


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Leonardo da Vinci's 16th Century oil-on-poplar-wood masterpiece of a woman with an "enigmatic smile" continues to be hailed as one of the greatest works of art ever produced. Vincenzo was a self-proclaimed patriot and decided that the painting belonged not in the Louvre but in an Italian museum. Consequently, Vincenzo mustered all his courage, gently removed the painting from its hooks, discarded the frame and walked away with the painting under his smock. Somehow, he managed to escape detection and when he walked out of the museum he walked into history books as the person who pulled of one the biggest art heists of the century.

The painting was discovered missing on Monday, August 21, yet no one contacted the police because workers at the museum assumed that the painting had been taken to the in-house studio to be photographed for marketing purposes. It wasn't until the next day that the alarm bells went off. The moment museum staff realized that the painting was likely stolen, they immediately called the police.

In no time, the museum was cleared of visitors and a thorough search was conducted of the premises. The Mona Lisa was nowhere to be found. Police interviewed as many people as they could who might have any information concerning the lost masterpiece. However, no one was able to provide any clues as to what had become of the painting.

The theft instantly became an international sensation, prompting countless theories and rumors concerning the Mona Lisa's whereabouts and the identity of the culprit. Surprisingly, one of the rumors involved the world-famous painter Pablo Picasso, who was reputed to have unknowingly purchased stolen merchandise from a friend. It was believed that he might have also bought the stolen Mona Lisa.



Guillaume Apollinaire

The rumors led to a police inquiry but eventually they realized Picasso knew nothing about the theft. Yet, Picasso's friend, French poet Guillaume Apollinaire, was arrested for stealing the painting, even though there was no evidence against him. The police detained Apollinaire for about a week before letting him go. Despite an exhaustive investigation, the case remained open for more than two years before the first big breakthrough was discovered.



Alfredo Geri

On December 10, 1913, Vincenzo, using the alias Leonardo Vincenzo, spoke with art dealer Alfredo Geri at his Florence, Italy, office. Vincenzo told Geri that the Mona Lisa was in his possession and that he wanted to sell it for 500,000 lire. Geri was initially skeptical, yet he decided to view the painting at Vincenzo's hotel room the next day.



Vincenzo Perugia's room in Paris


Geri and his friend, Giovanni Poggi, the director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, met with Vincenzo as planned and talked about the painting. To Geri and Poggi's surprise, Vincenzo removed the rolled-up painting from a false bottom of an old trunk, PBS.org reported in the article Theft of the Mona Lisa. The men said they first had to check the authenticity of the painting before they could buy it. Vincenzo gave Geri and Poggi permission to take the painting to a museum as he waited patiently in his hotel room. After the painting was authenticated, police arrested Vincenzo, who eventually admitted his crime.



Vincenzo Perugia mugshot & prints


Allegedly, an Argentinean con artist named Eduardo de Valfierno convinced Vincenzo to steal the Mona Lisa. According to Wikipedia.com, Valfierno "commissioned the French art forger Yves Chaudron to make copies of the painting so he could sell them as the missing original," leaving the real Mona Lisa in Vincenzo's care because it wasn't needed for the con. Vincenzo, however, claimed that he stole the painting so he could restore it to its proper home, Italy.

Police and museum curators were less interested in why the painting was stolen and were relieved just to have found it in reasonable condition. Vincenzo was sentenced to a year and two weeks in prison for the theft, a surprisingly brief term considering the magnitude of the crime. In the midst of great pomp and circumstance, The Mona Lisa was eventually returned to the Louvre where it remains on exhibit to this day. Since its theft, great effort has been made to ensure the masterpiece is never stolen again.


Have to run... hope that helps a bit.
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About me:
Lisa S
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Symbology enthusiast



Well, at least we can tell this isn't a "fan" site:

Code:
Registrant:
   SPDE Domain Names Inc.
   (DOM-1429440)
   10202 W. Washington Blvd. Culver City CA
   90232 US

    Domain Name: seekthecode.com

   Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
   Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
   Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com

    Administrative Contact:
   Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
   (NIC-14369782)
   SPDE Domain Names Inc.
   10202 W. Washington Blvd. Culver City CA
   90232 US
   hostmaster@sonypictures.com +1.3102448313 Fax- +1.3102448103
    Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
   Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
   (NIC-14369782)
   SPDE Domain Names Inc.
   10202 W. Washington Blvd. Culver City CA
   90232 US
   hostmaster@sonypictures.com +1.3102448313 Fax- +1.3102448103

    Created on..............: 2005-Nov-07.
    Expires on..............: 2006-Nov-07.
    Record last updated on..: 2005-Nov-07 11:31:35.

    Domain servers in listed order:

    NS2.SONYPICTURES.COM      
    NS3.SONYPICTURES.COM

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 		I heard they put rootkits on their davinci codes. Laughing

(sorry, a little geek humor there)
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 		So Dark The Con Of Man
Also, if you go the site SoDarkTheConOfMan.com it leads you to the DaVinci code trailer website. Haven't found anything really weird except when you place your mouse of the words Seek The Truth it changes to Seek The Codes... Obviously supposed to lead you to the same site.

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Dorkmaster wrote:
I heard they put rootkits on their davinci codes. Laughing

(sorry, a little geek humor there)


I laughed.

Hard.
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 		I am thrilled.

/me wonders where all of this will lead.

Greetz,

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Phaedra wrote:
Dorkmaster wrote:
I heard they put rootkits on their davinci codes. Laughing

(sorry, a little geek humor there)


I laughed.

Hard.


I didn't....... Rolling Eyes
Maybe I'm here just not long enough. Wink
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 		They figured out a bunch of stuff over here:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/davincicodenews.php?id=12384


I'm too lazy to post all their little findings. I for some reason don't see this becoming a full-fledged ARG...
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 		Somehow I doubt this is a full arg, but oh how I wish they would do one. Sad
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 		There is more to this...
OK, I have been investigating this further and I have noticed a few interesting things.

1) If you go to the www.seekthecodes.com site, the most recent post "Puzzle Me" states:

Quote:
Puzzle Me
December 12, 2005
Posted by Lisa S at 03:10 PM
Here is another word puzzle. A little easier than the last one but still fun.

As you admire the artwork in the Denon Wing in the Louvre, you notice a stranger who sits and sketches the masterpieces. When he leaves, you see that he left his sketchpad behind. Overcome by your curiosity, you cannot help but take a peek. The pages are mysteriously blank, except for one, where he has left this riddle: Seek the site beneath the smile Stay on the shoulder Find the curator's command

What is the command?
To help you solve the puzzle, you may need to use the following:
1) A ticket to the Louvre
2) Your eye for detail
3) Your laptop computer

Good luck


Now, if you go to the official Da Vinci code site and watch through the flash animation and stop it at the Mona Lisa, written on her shoulder are the words "Find Robert Langdon", this is obviously the curators command.

2) This command is followed by a series of items hidden on each successive frame.
a) 1/2(1+SQRT5), this is the exact value of the golden ratio
b) 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, this is the Fibonacci series
c) "P.S."
d) "Rose Line" (written upside down)
e) Green Fleur de Lys symbol
f) "San Greal" written below Christs Left Hand

Not sure what this all means but it seems these are a clue allowing you to fulfil the curators command. One point worthy of note is that the Golden ratio and the Fibonacci series are closely related.

Quote:
"If we take the ratio of two successive numbers in Fibonacci's series, (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ..) and we divide each by the number before it, we will find the following series of numbers, 1/1 = 1, 2/1 = 2, 3/2 = 1·5, 5/3 = 1·666..., 8/5 = 1·6, 13/8 = 1·625, 21/13 = 1·61538" .


I found that quote on the following website, http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html#golden

The final interesting thing I found was that on www.seekthecodes.com, there is what looks like a visitor counter at the bottom in green, but it is not ,it always displays "060519", which just happens to abe rearrangement of the movies release date.

In short, there is clearly an instruction here, followed by a series of clues. Right now, I don't what the number means but I am working on it.

Pariz

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 		it really just seems to be mimicking the trail left by the curator to his grand daughter. She had to find Robert Langdon, then follow this trail to learn...

stuff.

and this is the order in which "stuff" happened.
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 		Here check this out
http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/davinci/robertlangdon/#

From the site: "Robert Langdon is a professor of Religious Symbology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His specialities include classical iconology, symbols of pre-Christian culture, goddess art, and the decryption of ancient ciphers."

If you look on the right hand side, you see an "ancient parchment" I have seen that code before, but I cant qyuite remember what it was supposed to be. I'm sure someone here can figure it out.


Also, if you contact him the page says:


Also, check the source code, it mentions something about la_profezia

This could be something.

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