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| The Shugborough Inscription -- Krakit Vancouver Escape Game |
In the relatively unassuming county of Staffordshire in the English Midlands, there stands a Shepherd’s Monument from the eighteenth century. The sculpture at its centre is an adaptation of the painting The Shepherds of Arcadia by the famous Baroque artist Nicolas Poussin. But that’s not what’s most interesting about the monument.
Beneath the sculptural relief, there is a sequence of eight letters—O U O S V A V V—positioned between two more: D and M.
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While some people are convinced these letters are nothing more than old-school graffiti (chiseled very finely, we might add!), other, greater minds have taken the code more seriously. Among the would-be codebreakers who have visited the Shugborough Monument are Charles Darwin and Charles Dickens—neither of whom was able to figure out what exactly the Anson brothers, who commissioned its creation, were trying to say.
Along with the mysterious cipher, there are a few other clues to deepen the mystery. A handful of details from Poussin’s original painting have been changed for the sculpture, including the addition of two faces, one of which appears to be the horned god Pan, and—get this—an extra sarcophagus. Weird, to say the least.
However, even with these extra clues, it appears there is no escape from the mystery of the Shugborough Inscription. It remains unsolved, making it one of the world’s greatest enigmas.
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