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Matt.Geevan argues that Roman twelve faced objects and a rare twenty faced cousin were paired devices for secret writing. He claims pictures from antiquity do exist, against the usual story that none survive, and that his account alone connects small gold pieces in the far east with finds in the west. One object, he says, came from a shrine of Mercury, a god Romans linked with trade and with carrying messages. He describes long frustration over how the twenty faced piece related to the others, noting similar knobs but much smaller openings, and he says only one known example matches the familiar twelve faced type. His method uses early Roman handwriting, a shifting letter code, letters set on opposite faces, and empty marks that hide repeated letters when a note might spend weeks crossing hostile ground. He walks through sealing a message as if to a man named Pablo and advancing a code wheel before each new word. He claims the twenty faced procedure and the twelve faced procedure return the same plain text.
Key points
- He claims ancient images of the twelve faced Roman objects exist and that his theory links them to small gold pieces found far to the east.
- A find from a shrine of Mercury, he says, fits a god associated with commerce and messages.
- The single comparable twenty faced object shares knobs and overall form but has much smaller holes.
- His cipher uses early Roman handwriting, opposite letter pairs, and null marks so doubled letters stay hidden.
- He describes a shifting code suited to notes that could take weeks to cross dangerous territory.
- He then shows text and code wheels on the twelve faced object and says both devices decode to the same wording.
Short quotes
Mercury was the Roman god of trade, commerce, messages, and messengers.
Matt.Geevan, Roman dodecahedron and icosahedron codes
He ties a shrine find to Mercury because that god was linked with carrying messages. Watch at 3:05
The next link is in these objects shared shape and geometries.
Matt.Geevan, Roman dodecahedron and icosahedron codes
He points to matching form as the bridge between the twelve faced and twenty faced objects. Watch at 8:46
Now you will see how the icosahedron coding system actually works.
Matt.Geevan, Roman dodecahedron and icosahedron codes
He is about to show the letter placement he believes turns the twenty faced object into a cipher. Watch at 13:01
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