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| - | Late in February 2008, six people awoke, blindfolded and garbed in athletic attire, in labyrinths scattered across the world. None remembered their past, but all bore a tattoo on their arm reading''Trovu la ringon perditan'', or "Find the lost ring" in [[Esperanto]]. Then we found [[Eli Hunt]], an expert on ancient Olympic mysteries. Though he first disavowed all knowledge of the subject, after a bit of persuasion he admitted that he has been on a lifelong quest to find the "lost ring" and shared [[the Secret|his secret]] - a mysterious system not run by him that keeps tabs on geographical locations that may yield further leads on the ring. It is thought the system (affectionately known as the "omphaputer") may be connected to an ancient mythical utopia described by Francis Bacon in The New Atlantis. | + | Late in February 2008, six people awoke, blindfolded and garbed in athletic attire, in labyrinths scattered across the world. None remember their past, but all bear a tattoo on their arm reading ''Trovu la ringon perditan'', or "Find the lost ring" in [[Esperanto]]. |
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| - | The six amnesiac athletes have been key to discovering [[omphaloi]] that point towards hidden [[artifacts]]. [[Ariadne]] found the first in Cardiff, UK. A package containing two pages of a document believed to called the [[Codex of the Lost Ring]]. There are 27 chapters to find. Help us [[164.109.150.213#Omphalos commands|find them]]!<br> | + | Meanwhile, historian [[Eli Hunt]] began posting a series of podcasts on ancient Olympic mysteries on his ([http://www.thelostgames.com/ website]). Could "The Lost Games" be related to the lost ring, we wondered? Though he first disavowed all knowledge of the subject, after a bit of persuasion from [[Ariadne]], one of the six athletes, Mr. Hunt admitted that he has been on a lifelong quest to find the lost ring. He shared with us [[the Secret|his secret discovery]] - a mysterious computer system that keeps track of geographical powerpoints (known as [[omphaloi]]) which point the way to chapters of the [[Codex of the Lost Ring]]. The Codex contains 27 chapters; so far we have found 5. Can you help us [[164.109.150.213#Omphalos commands|find the rest]]? |
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| + | But, wait! It is not as safe to conduct this search out in the open as we first thought. Someone has stolen the [[artifact]] that was hidden in Brussels. As danger grows, we're going to have to put our strengths together to solve this puzzle. You can discover your strength and your mission [http://www.findthelostring.com/ariadne/quiz.do here]. Help us, before it's too late! | ||
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| * Also, [http://www.thelostring.com check out the trailers!] | * Also, [http://www.thelostring.com check out the trailers!] | ||
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Find The Lost Ring
2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing China - Aug 8 - Aug 24, 2008
"Trovu la ringon perditan"
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Welcome to the wiki! This site is a reference intended to track all the information about the mystery surrounding a Lost Ring, revealed through packages sent to people around the world at the end of February 2008. This is a global event leading up to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing New here? Read the BEGINNERS GUIDE to get up to speed
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To-dos/Outstanding
- populate the glossary
- complete blog mirroring using the blog template
- get remaining significant interactions in the timeline, populate the 'summary' placeholders; perhaps summarize the interactions in larger paragraphs, still linked
- make sure all pictures from Thelostring.com#Collage thelostring cue collage are on the character's pages
- summarize chapters/sections in the Timeline and move content to separate pages (make sure summaries follow 'updt' format so the link to the item still works in the RSS feed)
- transcribe Thelostring.com trailers, thumbnail special frames/hints
- add categories to images, add links to pages where their transcriptions/translations are located if available
- verify that any translated block of text uses the Interaction template (adds necessary categories automatically for the page)
- administrative: create custom tag for embedding inline non-youtube/google video embeds
