Like NBC's Heroes' 'www.primatechpaper.com', or Google's "The DaVinci Code" quest? Or are you into solving puzzles? Are you an Indiana Jones fan? If you are, you might wanna check out the number on the crate on the new http://www.indianajones.com - there's something a little fishy about it, and I have a pretty big hunch that it's the start of an ARG. The crate says "Property of Dr. Jones 9906573". That number is similar to the number on the crate at the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" where the Ark of the Covenant is stashed. Except in the movie, the number is 9906753 (the 75 on the crate in the movie is 57 on the crate on the site). Furthermore, something suspicious happens when you go to http://www.9906753.com - as well as http://www.9906573.com . I'm not that great at solving clues like these, but if anyone else is interested and figure something out, I would love to hear about it!
Bests, Rockefeller
Bests, Rockefeller
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do"
"ERROR: Error Code Does Not Indicate An Error"
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That's a very keen and subtle observation you made.
The three sites do seem to form a trio.
The official Indiana Jones site features a crate depicting the number 9906573
which, fans of the series know should be 9906753. The web site at http://www.9906753.com (the correct number in the movie) features a graphic of the crate with the 'correct' number and clicking on the crate returns you to the official Indiana Jones site. But going to the http://www.9906573.com website (the 'incorrect or new' number depicted on the Indiana Jones site) directs you to the passages from Exodus in which the Arc is used to communicate with God.
So, essentially, all three sites are linked, but only to someone with knowledge of the crate number used in the movie verses the number used in the indianajones.com site.
I was wondering if the 9906573 site was an 'official' site. But the fact that the Indiana Jones site apparently, deliberately featured that number on the crate instead of the correct number, while the 9906753 site (correct number) send the user back to the Indiana Jones site (which features the other number) suggests that this is all deliberate.
The clue, apparently, lies in the passages from Exodus (or maybe from some combination of the index numbers that are used to point to it (Ex. 40:34-38 ).
The three sites do seem to form a trio.
The official Indiana Jones site features a crate depicting the number 9906573
which, fans of the series know should be 9906753. The web site at http://www.9906753.com (the correct number in the movie) features a graphic of the crate with the 'correct' number and clicking on the crate returns you to the official Indiana Jones site. But going to the http://www.9906573.com website (the 'incorrect or new' number depicted on the Indiana Jones site) directs you to the passages from Exodus in which the Arc is used to communicate with God.
So, essentially, all three sites are linked, but only to someone with knowledge of the crate number used in the movie verses the number used in the indianajones.com site.
I was wondering if the 9906573 site was an 'official' site. But the fact that the Indiana Jones site apparently, deliberately featured that number on the crate instead of the correct number, while the 9906753 site (correct number) send the user back to the Indiana Jones site (which features the other number) suggests that this is all deliberate.
The clue, apparently, lies in the passages from Exodus (or maybe from some combination of the index numbers that are used to point to it (Ex. 40:34-38 ).
I just followed your bread crumbs. The "falsely-numbered" site has a link to Joshua 6:13. If you press it, you're taken to a Wikipedia article about Acacia, a genus of tree. The article states: "Acacia seyal is thought to be the Shittah-tree of the Bible, which supplied shittim-wood. According to the Book of Exodus, this was used in the construction of the Ark of the Covenant".
The link for shittah-wood says: "Shittah wood was employed in making the various parts of the Tabernacle and of the Ark of the covenant in the wilderness. It was the acacia or mimosa (Acacia nilotica and A. seyal).
"The wild acacia (Mimosa nilotica), under the name of sunt, everywhere represents the seneh, or senna, of the burning bush. A slightly different form of the tree, equally common under the name of seyal, is the ancient shittah, or, as more usually expressed in the plural form, the shittim, of which the Tabernacle was made."
Moses spoke to God through the burning bush in Exodus ch. 3 & 4, thus keeping with you connection "...in which the Arc is used to communicate with God".
An observation in the article on the burning bush: "In Byzantine times, Saint Catherine's Eastern Orthodox monastery was built on a traditional site of the biblical event. The original bush (a bramble, scientific name Rubus sanctus [1]) was transplanted several yards away to a courtyard of the monastery, and a chapel dedicated to the Annunciation was built on the traditional site of the miracle, with a silver star marking where the roots of the bush come out of the ground. Anyone entering this chapel is required to remove their shoes, just as Moses was in the biblical account. The Monks at St. Catherine's in Mount Sinai hold with church tradition that this bush is, in fact, the original bush seen by Moses."
If you follow the [1], you'll be led to an article that includes this: "Today the monastery is the repository for the second-largest collection of ancient manuscripts, the Vatican being the only place with more ancient manuscripts. There are 4570 manuscripts and 7000 early printed books. One of the Monks is an American, born in Texas. Nine years ago he became a member of the monastery. Since then he has been copying and in putting in digital form all of the ancient manuscripts and books. The goal is to make them available to everyone and preserve to them for eternity.
"He hopes to make all manuscripts, like the Moses's burning bush, in time something for everyone to see and to appreciate but not to be consumed at the same time. Too often in their zeal to reveal an ancient discovery, the finders destroy or damage the treasure."
Sounds like a place for Indy to visit if you ask me.
And if all this was a wild goose chase, at the very least the teasers are renewing interest in the characters from Raiders of the Lost Ark, especially since Karen Allen (Marion Ravenwood) was confirmed to be in the next movie. It also appears they're going out of their way to secure marketing deals for toys, games, comic books, etc.. So it all could be hints to the story, but again, it could just be to garner interest.
A loyal adventure fan,
Hammerhead
The link for shittah-wood says: "Shittah wood was employed in making the various parts of the Tabernacle and of the Ark of the covenant in the wilderness. It was the acacia or mimosa (Acacia nilotica and A. seyal).
"The wild acacia (Mimosa nilotica), under the name of sunt, everywhere represents the seneh, or senna, of the burning bush. A slightly different form of the tree, equally common under the name of seyal, is the ancient shittah, or, as more usually expressed in the plural form, the shittim, of which the Tabernacle was made."
Moses spoke to God through the burning bush in Exodus ch. 3 & 4, thus keeping with you connection "...in which the Arc is used to communicate with God".
An observation in the article on the burning bush: "In Byzantine times, Saint Catherine's Eastern Orthodox monastery was built on a traditional site of the biblical event. The original bush (a bramble, scientific name Rubus sanctus [1]) was transplanted several yards away to a courtyard of the monastery, and a chapel dedicated to the Annunciation was built on the traditional site of the miracle, with a silver star marking where the roots of the bush come out of the ground. Anyone entering this chapel is required to remove their shoes, just as Moses was in the biblical account. The Monks at St. Catherine's in Mount Sinai hold with church tradition that this bush is, in fact, the original bush seen by Moses."
If you follow the [1], you'll be led to an article that includes this: "Today the monastery is the repository for the second-largest collection of ancient manuscripts, the Vatican being the only place with more ancient manuscripts. There are 4570 manuscripts and 7000 early printed books. One of the Monks is an American, born in Texas. Nine years ago he became a member of the monastery. Since then he has been copying and in putting in digital form all of the ancient manuscripts and books. The goal is to make them available to everyone and preserve to them for eternity.
"He hopes to make all manuscripts, like the Moses's burning bush, in time something for everyone to see and to appreciate but not to be consumed at the same time. Too often in their zeal to reveal an ancient discovery, the finders destroy or damage the treasure."
Sounds like a place for Indy to visit if you ask me.
And if all this was a wild goose chase, at the very least the teasers are renewing interest in the characters from Raiders of the Lost Ark, especially since Karen Allen (Marion Ravenwood) was confirmed to be in the next movie. It also appears they're going out of their way to secure marketing deals for toys, games, comic books, etc.. So it all could be hints to the story, but again, it could just be to garner interest.
A loyal adventure fan,
Hammerhead
You say there was a link to Joshua 6:13? I've noticed that the 'fake number' site has been changing over the last few days. The first time I went there there was a link named 52208, that when clicked took me to a wikipedia article on the Ark of the Covenant. Maybe this is all just a hint that suggests that the Ark will be featured in the new movie? Perhaps.
But I checked the whois on http://www.9906573.com (fake number), and it's owned by http://www.22digital.com, a company which specializes in innovated marketing combined with internet and other media. So could this in fact be an arg, or a dead end? If anyone checks out the fake number site and sees something other than 52208, Ex.40:34-38, or Joshua 6:13, let us know!
Hopefully this is the beginning of a new exciting ARG!
Bests, Rockefeller
But I checked the whois on http://www.9906573.com (fake number), and it's owned by http://www.22digital.com, a company which specializes in innovated marketing combined with internet and other media. So could this in fact be an arg, or a dead end? If anyone checks out the fake number site and sees something other than 52208, Ex.40:34-38, or Joshua 6:13, let us know!
Hopefully this is the beginning of a new exciting ARG!
Bests, Rockefeller
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do"
"ERROR: Error Code Does Not Indicate An Error"
"ERROR: Error Code Does Not Indicate An Error"
The fake page http://www.9906573.com is empty at the moment, but that may change by the time you read this. I looked at the page's source code and it contains nothing but code for the black background. The page must be changing daily or even faster.
The whois doesn't necessarily give real owner information because it is possible to purchase a domain through a front company in order to keep the real owner anonymous. This is frequently done. I bought my latest domain that way.
The whois doesn't necessarily give real owner information because it is possible to purchase a domain through a front company in order to keep the real owner anonymous. This is frequently done. I bought my latest domain that way.