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           Teabingeyedherhandiworkandchuckled.«Rightyouare.GladtoseethoseboysattheHollowayaredoingtheirjob.»

           LookingatSophie’ssubstitutionmatrix,LangdonfeltarisingthrillthatheimaginedmusthaverivaledthethrillfeltbyearlyscholarswhentheyfirstusedtheAtbashCiphertodecryptthenowfamousMysteryofSheshach.Foryears,religiousscholarshadbeenbaffledbybiblicalreferencestoacitycalledSheshach.Thecitydidnotappearonanymapnorinanyotherdocuments,andyetitwasmentionedrepeatedlyintheBookofJeremiahthekingofSheshach,thecityofSheshach,thepeopleofSheshach.Finally,ascholarappliedtheAtbashCiphertotheword,andhisresultsweremind-numbing.ThecipherrevealedthatSheshachwasinfactacodewordforanotherverywell-knowncity.Thedecryptionprocesswassimple.

           Sheshach,inHebrew,wasspelled:Sh-Sh-K.

           Sh-Sh-K,whenplacedinthesubstitutionmatrix,becameB-B-L.

           B-B-L,inHebrew,spelledBabel.

           ThemysteriouscityofSheshachwasrevealedasthecityofBabel,andafrenzyofbiblicalexaminationensued.Withinweeks,severalmoreAtbashcodewordswereuncoveredintheOldTestament,unveilingmyriadhiddenmeaningsthatscholarshadnoideawerethere.

           «We’regettingclose,»Langdonwhispered,unabletocontrolhisexcitement.

           «Inches,Robert,»Teabingsaid.HeglancedoveratSophieandsmiled.«Youready?»Shenodded.»Okay,BaphometinHebrewwithoutthevowelsreads:B-P-V-M-Th.

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