All right, here's an easy one for this week's collaboration with What Is It? Blog: can you guess what this myserious ball with etched hieroglyphs on its surface? Place your guess in the comment section - no prize this week, you're playing for bragging rights and fun only!
Be sure to check out What Is It? Blog for more guessing game fun!
Update 1/28/08 - I told you it was easy, here's the answer:An Isis puzzle, the makers claim that it's the most difficult puzzle ever, to open it you must first solve some clues that come with the instructions, these can be seen online in the product manual here.
There is possibly a spoiler in my next link, someone sent me a page that shows an xray of this puzzle, it doesn't explain exactly how it's opened but does show some of the inner workings. However, the page with the xrays is part of a much larger discussion on the puzzle, I haven't read any further so I don't know how much is revealed about the solution.
Congratulations to grungyparadigm who got it right, just 5 minutes after the game was posted.
;)
"Each ISIS is unique, with just one solution. The puzzle is a gleaming orb, handcrafted in England of a premier alloy of aluminum and constructed of precisely engineered, movable bands. Each band is etched with hieroglyphics and the challenge is to position those bands in the right combination to unlock the ISIS. Each individual ISIS is etched with two unique 10-digit numbers, one visible on the outside, the other hidden on the inside, only uncovered when you solve the globe puzzle."
You put pressur eon the top and bottom, then it splits in twain and the music comes out.
For practical demonstration, see Simpsons
I got one for Christmas and throew it away.
But I bet it could carry ice too
It will only cost you $13,450 US. Hurry now as only 700 are being made!
This is a very sad picture of an orphan Gorbleflax from the planet Doo-Lamay. This sad creature was caught sticking its tail out the window of their spaceship as it passed our solar system, and was unforunately caught up in Earth's gravitational pull.
Found in a rice paddy in Shenzhen province, China, and raised to age six by the farm family who found her, she eventually outgrew the farm life and pursued a law degree at Oxford.
Ridiculed by the other students, she took to tattooing herself with cryptic symbols she happened to find interesting after drinking too much cider on weekends off.
Finally, on a cold but clear day in winter '99, she felt a strange pulsing inside her. Although never told what it was, she knew it was a homing signal. She spent an all-too-brief week saying her goodbyes to all her friends (but NOT to that two-timing loser Phillip), and vanished into the ether just after dinner on March 3, 1999.
She will be missed.
Not the best choice for "What is It?" But just for kicks, I'll say its the most ancient Killer
Egyptian Orb, daddy of all those small metal orbs from the movie "The Phantasm."
NO?! Darn.
As seen on BBC2's DRAGONS' DEN Welcome to the ISIS Adventure, possibly the most difficult puzzle in existence, (well according to its creators). Now its your turn to put their theory to the test. The ISIS Ball is an alloy orb constructed in layers and covered in cryptic hieroglyphics. All you have to do is open it by cracking the combination. Youve heard of the riddle of the sphinx, well this is bound to rival any ancient conundrum!Once youve cracked the combination and opened the orb, a special key will be revealed which has a unique serial number stamped on it. This key will open one of the ISIS golden pyramids which are hidden in secret locations throughout the UK. Each golden pyramid contains thousands of pounds - a gold coin worth 500 and a number of silver coins worth 20 each. The designers are so confident that the code cannot be cracked that they have put up money for anyone who can do it! Sounds irresistible? It is! The ISIS is the result of years of research and development and is completely original. There are literally millions of combinations and the game promises to challenge the most astute and intellectual of minds. Once you pick one of these things up, it becomes a real obsession and you just can't put it down until you crack the code....but that may never happen!"" Andrew Reeves (creator)And Every ISIS is unique, and handmade in England by precision engineers. It also looks and feels beautiful, and comes in a solid wooden box with high polish! So, let your Isis Adventure begin! Did you know that ""Isis"" was the Egyptian Goddess of Magic and Giver of Life ? Who knows, she might even be the giver of loadsamoney too! Isis: Approximately 6.5cm diamet
I am getting ISIS 1 puzzle for Xmas. and next year I Will be getting RAMISIS. and ISIS 3 and 4 and 5 when they come out.
But can anyone please tell me if all the ISIS 1 puzzles have the same egyptian hieroglyphic letters on them. and if not what letters are on yours.
thank you for your help
Mr L A Leaf