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Posted: December 11 2011 at 09:28

Is it Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who is mentioned in Acts 8:27?

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 11:14

If not Candace/Kandake, was she royal?

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 16:11

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I was pretty sure that someone_else had the right answer. Anyway, is she mentioned in the Bible?

Kind of.

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Posted: December 11 2011 at 16:14

someone_else wrote:

Is it Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who is mentioned in Acts 8:27?

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If not Candace/Kandake, was she royal?

Hint: she had no profession.

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Posted: December 12 2011 at 04:42

I can think of one who fits in a way … is she referred to as Eve/Eva/Hawwah/Hava in the bible?

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Posted: December 12 2011 at 06:03

^Indeed, the geography of the Garden of Eden fits in a way. My queries in the Kindom of Kush proved to be valueless.

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Posted: December 12 2011 at 07:51

refugee wrote:

I can think of one who fits in a way … is she referred to as Eve/Eva/Hawwah/Hava in the bible?

Yes.

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Posted: December 12 2011 at 08:59

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^Indeed, the geography of the Garden of Eden fits in a way. My queries in the Kindom of Kush proved to be valueless.

If it’s any consolation, I was in Kush/Nubia, too. LOL

I thought I had rules both of them out since their remains were found in Ethiopia, but is it Ardi or Lucy?

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Posted: December 12 2011 at 10:59

Mitochondrial Eve! She fits with all the clues:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve

(Sorry for double posting, but I found this very interesting.)

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Posted: December 12 2011 at 13:51

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Mitochondrial Eve! She fits with all the clues:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve

(Sorry for double posting, but I found this very interesting.)

Bravo! And sorry for the late confirmation, im actually dying here in my work...

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Posted: December 12 2011 at 14:36

The moment I found her I knew she was the one! (It’s true in a double sense; my wife’s name is Eva.)

I have been planning a new one for a few days:

Real person, male, deceased.

This one contains hidden clues (select all).

October 16, Afarac

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Posted: December 12 2011 at 15:53

Is this guy an artist?

I think I sense a (very) possible track.

Edited by someone_else - December 12 2011 at 15:55

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Posted: December 12 2011 at 16:15

Yes. (That is, he isn’t but he was while he was alive.)

Donna Maria

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Posted: December 13 2011 at 03:05

OK. Think I've found the murderous rogue

. If PA was started up some four centuries earlier, I bet he was included in RIO/Avant-Prog. His name is Carlo Gesualdo, a.k.a. Gesualdo di Venosa (1566-1613), Prince of Venosa, Count of Conza, composer. On October 16, 1590, he murdered his wife, Donna Maria d'Avalos and her lover, Fabrizio Carafa (Afarac in the first hint; my first thought was to read it in reverse as well), Duke of Andria, when he caught 'em in the act.

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Posted: December 13 2011 at 03:59

After only two clues the evidence is too strong – I plead guilty! I reversed Carafa’s name not only to disguise it, but also to get the C in the end. The last letter in each clue would form the name Carlo Gesualdo, and the first letters would read odlauseg olrac. I can post all the clues later if you like, right now I don’t have the time. Your turn, sir!

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Posted: December 13 2011 at 04:04

Real person, male, deceased.

His birth place may be taken over by bats.

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Posted: December 13 2011 at 08:30

I practiced a kind of "restrained writing". Maybe it would have been a bit harder if I had started with these clues:

Schnittke, Huxley, Herzog.

La Rossa, aka Milva.

Rossi, Frescobaldi, Hummel.

A kind of bridge back to the human world.

Back to topic

Obviously the bats are in the belfry. But what kind of bats? I need another clue, so here’s a new question for you:

Was he European?

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Posted: December 13 2011 at 08:45

Yes.

By the way, these clues may be more cryptic.

Progressive in two ways.

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Posted: December 13 2011 at 08:51

Was he British?

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Posted: December 13 2011 at 08:59

Yes.

He ended his life in prosperity.

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