Week 25 – Day 5 Challenge – What’s in the Box?!

Endgame

Challenge page : http://www.ancientsocieties.com/whats-in-the-box/

There is no Challenge Text

There is a picture with letters.
whatsinthebox

This text:

RACTEFABQE
FTEDBBIHXX
BKMLTSIJVO
39CHABOFKP
RSSHIFPEDH
YEFAATXNQE

And CW, the abbreviation for clockwise, a hint to rotate the letters.

You have to divide the group of lettres into 4 little groups
whatsinthebox2

Then rotate the groups clockwise
whatsinthebox3

To obtain this new group
whatsinthebox4

39CHARACTE
RSSHIFTEDB
YEFAABKMLT
BOFKPFABQE
FPEDHBIHXX
TXNQESIJVO

39 CHARACTERS SHIFTED BY EFAABKMLTBOFKPFABQEFPEDHBIHXXTXNQESIJVO

Using a ROT 3 CIPHER with the remaining letters EFAABKMLTBOFKPFABQEFPEDHBIHXXTXNQESIJVO

…gives us HIDDEN POWER INSIDE THIS HGKELKAAWAQTHVLMYR

Use then A Vigenere CIPER with the keyword THIS to ENCRYPT the remaining letters, this will give you…

[spoiler title=”Solution to Week 25 – Day 5 Challenge”]
… ANSWER IS PHYLACTERY

The solution is phylactery

The solution page is http://www.ancientsocieties.com/phylactery/
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