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This stone with a Latin inscription was found in rural New York.
Another ancient riddle presents itself in stone. This one is also from rural New York. The very readable words ‘In camera’ are still used today. It is a legal term in Latin for behind closed doors or in secret. What secret does this stone hold?
Roman numerals were in common use until the 11th century when they began to be replaced by Arabic style. They persisted into the 15th century and in some instances are still used today. The numbers read: XLV = 45, XXX = 30, LXXV = 75, and LIII = 53.
Obverse side of stone with a Latin inscription found in rural New York. Numbers read 45 30 and 75 53.
What then do the numbers mean? Hint. Notice 30 + 45 = 75. When does 45 equal 75?
Perhaps in true ‘Da Vinci Code’ style the words In Camera are an anagram or in an entirely different language?
Find the words in italics on the front face:
Baal struck the center of the rule that governs the world.
The eye marks the angle that divides.
The smoking rocks struck deep into the mountain of ice
and the water flowed.
The numbers read:
XLV = 45, XXX = 30,
LXXV = 75, and LIII = 53.
Notice 30 + 45 = 75. When does 45 equal 75? And what of the other numbers?
- 45 minutes equals .75 hours.
- .53 radians equals 30 degrees.
- 45 and 30 as 4530 is 79 radians.
- The sum of 75, 53 and 30 is 158 or twice 79.
- The sum of all four numbers is 203. There are 360 degrees in a circle. 203 / 360 = .564.
Notice that if the numbers in the top line are adjusted to be 4.5 and 3.0 then:
- Sum 75 to 4.5 and find 79.5 and then sum 53 to 3.0 and find 56.0.
The hidden numbers then are 79, 79, 79.5, 56, .564.
The association with time, degrees and radians suggests measures of longitude and latitude.
What lies at 79 degrees West and 56 degrees North?
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Perhaps the two V’s are lined up for a reason. They point downwards between the A and M of Cam in ‘In camera.’ The word ‘am’ in Old English means ‘reed’ suggesting a measuring stick. The word ‘cam’ suggests came. The picture has a ruler on an index which reinforces the previous idea. Are the two V’s double daggers or twin comets? Does it say” in – came -arrows”? Is the octopus actually a smoking crater in a mountain of ice? In Old English ‘Amier’ means destroyed.
Notice these other words: LIN or Line, MAC or make, LAER or lair, and there are three X’s in a row.
Is the phrase ‘IN CAMERA’ an anagram for:
- Can I mare … meaning …’round eye sea’?
- Mark lie in A …?
- I name Carl … meaning… ‘I, Carl, wrote this’
- N. America?
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Perhaps we can conclude:
Carl wrote this in America.
In the North lies the Eye Can Sea where in a line are three marks
from the double comet.
They struck at the pinnacle, at the measuring point.
The three are the lairs in camera.
noahsage 
Where, exactly, was the top stone found in NY, do you know?
The top glyph is a perfect Tanit, goddess from Carthage and Phoenicia. I can see why her “worship” would be “in camera.”
I do not know where it was found but your observation has been noticed by others.
May I use the pic in my own blog? (If it is yours to give permission.) Alternatively where did you get the pic? Email is ae@knittingittogether.com.
You can use the picture. It was the best one I took.