Archaeologists often have justifiably sharp pangs of self-doubt, wondering if we can ever truly understand the distant past. Today's cryptoquote speaks to why that should be so.
Terracotta Soldier with Sunglasses. Photo by James Trosh
QYWTS-QNPOVAQY QOACPSTSWK CQU DPPY
TQOWPTK ZPRVYPZ BVMCVY Q NQTP-SOVPYMPZ
QYZ AQIVMQTVUM USAVPMK, DXM QTMPOYQMVFP
VYMPOIOPMQMVSYU QOP PNPOWVYW. YS-SYP
UPPNU KPM MS CQFP PUAQIPZ ROSN MCP
FQOVSXU ZVNPYUVSYU MCQM ZPRVYP BPUMPOY
MCSXWCM. IPOCQIU VM VU MVNP MS UMPI
DQAH--SO, OQMCPO, UMPI ZSBY--QYZ QZNVM
MCQM YSYP SR XU CQU Q IOVFVTPWPZ
IPOUIPAMVFP. BP UVNITK BPQO ZVRRPOPYM
UCQZPU. ZSXWTQU H. ACQOTPU
Hint and the Answer
Hint: F=V
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