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Okay so I'm doing research on the factions and... What is the difference it seems now we are both fighting for the same thing! It was once Human Resistance against Alien Enlightened but now... Please, tell me all the information on the factions goals you can. I'm desperate for any information.

New #ObsidianExplorer clue recovered by Resistance Tunis. well done, agents. Originally shared by Amine ALIOUA اعزّائي Niantic Project​ رافقني اليوم الزميل Ali Heinthallas​ في البحث على مؤشّر جديد لمهمّة " #ObsidianExplorer ". لم يكن الامر بالسهل ولكّن عزمنا مكّننا من تخطّي جميع الصعوبات والعثور على "الابسديان X". لن يسعني الوقت ولا المكان لكي اسرد لكم كامل المغامرة و متعة لعب Ingress​ في بلادي. زورو تونس و اتّصلو بأهلها! نتوجّه بالشكر إلى جميع من مدّنا بيد المساعدة للقيام بهته المهّمة وخصوصا رفاقنا من المقاومة في جميع انحاء العالم. تحيّة خاصة لفريق المقاومة بتونس. اليكم المؤشّر https://storage.googleapis.com/objx/obsidius/x-syphax.png و تصوير لعمليّة البحث https://youtu.be/5H1AE_TUPDQ #ObsidianExplorer Niantic Project​

The next clue... Originally shared by Niantic Project A new Portal Clue has emerged. Help us recover it, #ObsidianExplorers. -PAC http://investigate.ingress.com/2016/01/29/the-sea-was-boundless

Thought it might be helpful to have Hanks latest Obsidius research here for reference/perhaps someone missed it. Originally shared by Hank Johnson Continuing to research the exploratore named Obsidius. Have learned some things, much remains buried. From what I've come across, he didn't travel alone... he was working as part of a larger group. He was definitely a sensitive, and an extremely powerful one at that, possibly one of the most powerful ones ever. The records on this last point are confusing. I've seen reference to Obsidius as a collaborator and an enemy in both 13MAGNUS and Anti-Magnus contexts. I'm not sure I understand how that's possible... was he a collaborator to both of these groups? An enemy to both? Or maybe I'm just losing something in the translation. Thanks to all the Agents who are helping to pull this material together. This task would be impossible without you. Also curious about what PAC is going to have to say for himself on Behind The S...

Everyone, we are just a couple days away from closing orders. If you miss the deadline, we will have sad faces and we don't want to see those. Originally shared by José Antonio Rey (JoseeAntonioR) Hello everyone, especially European folks! Great news for you. For those who have not ordered Operation Esex coins and dogtags yet, and are worried about shipping costs, we now have another shipping option. Valerie Wallace will be helping distribute them in Europe! We will be enabling an item in the store soon, which will have more information on how to place your order. Also, the deadline for ordering combos has now extended until Sunday! Still, if you are thinking on ordering one, you should be fast. They are running quickly! And we don't want you to miss this one! Remember, you can order your combos here: https://www.swagorders.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=125

Here's a very well-done Ingress Report 2015 Year in Review. Share with your friends who need a tl;dr of the year's events and a refresher course in the storyline. Originally shared by Ingress Agents, take a look back at the revelations that emerged from the Ingress Investigation and the events that shaped our journey in 2015 with the INGRESS REPORT - 2015. Year in Review: The Investigation.  https://goo.gl/sfERiZ    From Hank Johnson's quest to learn more about the N'zeer in #Darsana to the explosive events of Shōnin, the global struggle beneath Persepolis and the dark conspiracy of Abaddon, Susanna Moyer examines a year that changed much of what we know about the world of Ingress.  Don't miss this incredible review of a memorable and important year, and be sure to subscribe to the Ingress Youtube channel to maximize your Agent experience.  #Ingress #IngressReport https://goo.gl/sfERiZ

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Batavi I have been investigating which Germanic campaign Obsidius would have been participating in following the siege of Jerusalem. The only hostilities that appear to fall during the correct timeframe are the Revolts of the Batavi. They were a Germanic tribe located in rand around the modern day Netherlands. Intriguingly, the revolts were led by a German with a Roman named, prince Gaius Julius Civilis, an auxiliary officer in the Imperial Roman army. Perhaps not coincidentally, the great defeat of the Romans at the battle of Teutoberg Forest years earlier was also masterminded by a German with a latin name, Arminius. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest Valadian's journey from Roman citizen to German priest will no doubt be an interesting tale. It is possible he would have known Arminius and/or Civilis but would have certainly known them by reputation. I think this particular campaign is significant as almost...

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strong-evidence-suggests-a-super-earth-lies-beyond-pluto1/

Well done agent, Intel recovered Niantic Project​ Ingress​ https://plus.google.com/+carlotronci/posts/hQwqH1nAVKx

Originally shared by Carlo Tronci This clue was recovered hacking the portal "titus arc" in rome, Italy

Originally shared by Niantic Project Another cryptic image surfaces... To the Agent who is able to locate this Portal and retrieve this intel, share a video of yourself recovering the Media Object from the Portal and I'll reward you with a valuable passcode. Post a link to your video in the comments to confirm. ‪#‎ObsidianExplorer‬ x

Been working on the wiki page for the #ObsidianExplorers and related media, story, etc. - it still needs a lot of work (many of the posts are missing and transcripts are needed for example) - if anyone is interested, also, if any information is missing... :) https://niantic.schlarp.com/obsidianexplorer https://niantic.schlarp.com/obsidianexplorer

The latest clue has been found at the Igel Column in Igel, Germany https://storage.googleapis.com/objx/obsidius/vi-energy.png

H. Richard Loeb​ The Reason Foundation, I found it. You were talking about this about a week or so ago. I've included a page taken from the Niantic Project Vol. 4, pg 207. There is a ripped out page from... something. Seems to be a panel discussing Dialtone, and lists two sponsors. One being The Reason Foundation, same as on the card Jahan gave Martin Schubert​. The other sponsor? Shouldn't come as a surprise to be Ezekiel Calvin. Not sure what to think, what relevance this has to anything, why this is important, or why we should care. So far, it's just a name, and this tells us Jahan and Calvin might have had some sort of connection, a long time ago.

We know that as a result of the ENL "capture" of ADA during Abaddon that she lost her access to the N'zeer substrate. Would this suggest that Jarvis being "captured" by the RES similarly cut him off from the Ultimate (as he describes the realm of the Shapers)? And here's a good one--might the N'zeer substrate and the Shapers' Ultimate be the same thing/place? We really don't know much about either, so I'd be interested in theories and anything folks have run across in the canon to help on these questions.

I am on record here stating that "Life itself is computation! " Originally shared by DARPA The latest DARPA-funded research from Georgia Tech demonstrates basic computing inside a living cell! The research could lead to an artificial sensing system that could control a cell’s behavior in response to such stimuli as the presence of toxins or the development of cancer. Citation: Benjamin Groves, et al., “Computing in mammalian cells with nucleic acid strand exchange,” (Nature Nanotechnology, 2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.278   http://www.rh.gatech.edu/news/487441/scientists-demonstrate-basics-nucleic-acid-computing-inside-cells

http://www.goruck.com/goruck-x-ingress/c/81 http://www.goruck.com/goruck-x-ingress/c/81

Originally shared by Drew Dondero Resistance Registration is open for Obsidian Milwaukee!!! We can't wait to see you there!  Image: Pam Maloney​

Originally shared by Fermilab Dark matter or not dark matter? That is the question when it comes to the origin of intriguing X-ray signals scientists have found coming from space. http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/a-speed-trap-for-dark-matter

Originally shared by Bill Oshiro 浜松でGoruckやりたい人+1とコメント下さい、シェアお願いします! 人が集まれば出来ます、沖縄にはGoruck Cadreも居ます! 皆で実現させましょう! Anybody up for Goruck at Hamamatsu? Gimme a +1, comment below, and reshare this post! Together, we can make it happen! #Ingress #Goruck #GoruckxIngress #ObsidianHamamatsu Jason McCarthy​​​​​ John Hanke​​​​​ Masashi Kawashima​​​​​ Kento Suga​​​​​ Emily Dent​​​​​ Garrett N​​​​​ Joel F​​​​​

So both Jahan ( https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NianticProject/posts/GF6rJQLgYYD ) - and potentially the Acolyte ( https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NianticProject/posts/eG4rbUtx48m ) are reaching out to ADA....

Rereading Hank's post struck a thought I had.. We have a way to get the next Nest's location if we have the arrows! Different volcanic reactions create different kinds of obsidian, no two eruptions are alike but you could make several artifacts from the same batch of obsidian. This fact makes Obsidian just like a volcanic finger print, you can trace them back to a specific time and place of an eruption, no two eruptions are alike. Though you could make several artifacts from the same batch of obsidian. This has been used to trace before to trace where Native American Arrow heads were made from, and the routes of trade and travel. "Each volcano and in some cases each volcanic eruption produces a distinguishable type of obsidian, making it possible for archaeologists to trace the origins of a particular artifact. Similar tracing techniques have allowed obsidian to be identified in Greece also as coming from Melos, Nisyros or Yiali, islands in the Aegean Sea. Obsidian cores a...

Exploratores, Speculatores, Praetorians, and the Sicarii... (This is a repost of an earlier post of mine that I deleted to try and set some correct permissions on it.) Having reread all of the recent breadcrumbs that have been released, I have pieced together a theory of the events of the Jewish-Roman War and how this conflict played out... The Praetorian guard (Explorates and Speculatores)-1 are the 13Magnus elements (This theory is drawn from Jarvis asking the Acolyte to activate the ring of Obsidius) that are extremely active during this time frame. They have been responsible for the rise and fall of nations, even in their own lands (with the 2 removal of Nero as the Roman emporer for example), this group has acted as the special operations forces of the Roman Empire, having a long and documented history. The Praetorian Guard also served as the personal guards to the Roman emperor. The Sicarii-3 (Jewish extremists and zealots), the latin root for their name meaning "Dagger-men...

Something I noticed, when searching something on another topic. The Republic of Zaire derived its name from the Kongo word nzere ("river that swallows all rivers"). I wonder whether "N'zeer" actually comes from a similar derivation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaire

Hello Essexians, Many of you have been asking about a coin, since you didn't get a shot at the first version of the coin. Well, now we have a coin and a dog tag. Get your orders in before January 29th. If you have any questions, please let me know. Originally shared by José Antonio Rey (JoseeAntonioR) After being inactive in the swag world for a while, I am coming back with one that you're gonna love. Presenting: the Operation Essex v2 Coin, and the Operation Essex dog tag. The coin will feature an antique gold plating (last one was antique silver), and is a 2" coin. The dog tag will be made of stainless steel, and will come with a 30" stainless steel ballchain included per dog tag. Coin+tag combo: www.swagorders.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=125 Extra tags: www.swagorders.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=126 FAQ: Q: Is this the same as the first coin? A: No, this one has a new design. The first coin will not be manufactured agai...

Resistance agent recovered the Media from Athens. Originally shared by Petros Santamouris (Slyeurochild) this clue was uncovered after hacking portal in Athens, Greece. Niantic Project​​​ Ingress​ #NianticProject #Ingress #Resistance

https://plus.google.com/117245281751692040100/posts/AJwTGpR6tmM

Before snopes debunked it, Hank Johnson probably thought this was the Prime XM Artifact that all mobile phones were copied from. http://www.snopes.com/alien-cellphone-found/

Originally shared by Hank Johnson Sometimes you just have to walk away. After #Abaddon, Jahan offered a reconciliation between her esteemed family and the Azmati clan, which, through the strange shifts of fate I now head. Her idea was simple. We join forces and become a unity of Enlightened and Resistance in order to control the interference of transdimensional forces -- both the Shapers and the N’zeer. If things were different, I would see the wisdom of, and embrace this notion.  But things aren’t different. Jahan betrayed me once and I can not let it happen again.  Not now. Not until I know more about the Circle of Obsidius. I am seeking a conversation with the Acolyte. She’s elusive, and I understand why. She’s hunting for the arrows of Obsidius and simultaneously being hunted by the forces of the N’zeer -- Jahan very likely among them.

Originally shared by Михаил «Mike» Опенков http://www.31december2099.com/2015/11/12/introducing-superior-truth-about-singularity-they-are-both-right/?platform=hootsuite

Quintus Tullius Cicero ... was the younger brother of the celebrated orator, philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero. He married about 70 BC Pomponia (sister of his brother's friend Atticus), a dominant woman of strong personality.[2] He divorced her after a long disharmonious marriage with much bickering between the spouses in late 45 BC.[3] His brother, Marcus, tried several times to reconcile the spouses, but to no avail.[4] The couple had a son born in 66 BC named Quintus Tullius Cicero after his father. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Tullius_Cicero

Quintus Caecilius Pomponianus (born Titus Pomponius; c. November 110 – 31 March 32 BC),[1] better known by his cognomen Atticus , was a celebrated editor, banker, and patron of letters from an old but not strictly noble Roman family of the equestrian class and the gens Pomponia. He is best remembered as the closest friend of orator and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero as well as other leading contemporaries of upper class Roman society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Pomponius_Atticus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_life_of_Cicero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_life_of_Cicero

The background for the 3rd messsage can be titus pommonius atticus, the place to see his head is at the Glyptothek Munich https://www.ingress.com/intel?ll=48.146363,11.565269&z=18

Originally shared by Dark Squirel https://storage.googleapis.com/objx/obsidius/iii-chameleon.png #ObsidiousExplorer

Have you heard about the Essex Timeline project? If not, here is some info. We are currently working on gathering info to complete a massive timeline to give a linear view into the world of ingress. The goals of this timeline are to help interest newer players into the story as well as the investigation. As well, the second goal of this is to provide investigators with a linear view of events in the story or actions along the way.  We are looking for everyone who would like to contribute to this. The world of ingress is massive. To do this, we have created a form where anyone can submit events to the story line.  These events will be used in the future to populate all the timelines that are created. Events missed will be filled in by the timeline team. This allows all of us together to work on the timeline and create something awesome like the investigation board.  As well, all new events can be easily added to the timeline as they happen with the form.  You can view the form here  htt...

When did Ken Owen develop his Hide in Plain Sight strategy and who was he able to silence before? I'm beginning to wonder if there was a whole investigation similar in scope to H. Richard Loeb's Niantic Project that was shut down by the NIA before most of us learned about XM. One of our first pieces of research material is a series of videos posted o YouTube by ben jackland.  The one that appears to have brought him to the attention of the NIA is one in which he warns of a glitchy phone he bought online from an anonymous seller in Skokie, IL:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=BUA3SuH2kR4 That Glitchy video was uploaded on Oct 3, 2012, after PAC's discussion board went online.  His teardown videos, which refer to the same phone and appear to date to have been recorded later, were posted in July: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL5enhwJAjk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZBdvCX6Tno One of those videos was uploaded on July 29 and refers to a break-in a...

http://www.historynet.com/espionage-in-ancient-rome.htm http://www.historynet.com/espionage-in-ancient-rome.htm

The Background sketch for the second image is a sketch of a Roman "muscle cuirass" from a museum in Rome. "statue of Germnanicus in the Lateranmuseum in Rome. (Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 17. Leipzig 1909, S. 334)"

There is the post with the media recovered. Originally shared by Sergio Tejeda Romero Here's the #ObsidiusExplorer third clue, hacked in Mérida, Spain. Opening the media leads to the following url: https://storage.googleapis.com/objx/obsidius/ii-identities.png

https://books.google.co.il/books?id=rIsS4YOW5J8C&dq=Obsidius&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q=Obsidius&f=false

"When it came to gathering intelligence for the Roman army, the exploratores and the speculatores were the units most often used. Although each unit had specific duties, their jobs did tend to overlap from time to time.* Exploratores* were generally used to gain information through the use of patrols at a distance from the enemy, whereas speculatores most often acquired enemy intelligence through undercover operations (Evov, 81)." https://legioilynx.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/roman-scouts/

Speculatores "Speculatores-- The covert agents, the "secret agents", of the Late Roman Republic (during the Roman Empire these evolve into a secret police force serving the Emperor as well. During the Principate and the Empire, speculatores also refer to specific groups and ranks in the Roman army that have nothing to do with spying .) Speculatores might be soldiers, citizens, slaves, etc. In short, anyone who might be able to infiltrate enemy towns and positions, while doing so undetected. They might infiltrate enemy positions by posing as deserters, refugees, merchants, and so on." http://www.therthdimension.org/AncientRome/Roman_Army/Roman_Scouts-Spies/roman_scouts-spies.html

"Sirmium was a city in Pannonia, an ancient province of the Roman Empire. First mentioned in the 4th century BC and originally inhabited by the Illyrians and Celts,[1] it was conquered by the Romans in the 1st century BC and subsequently became the capital of the Roman province of Pannonia Inferior. In 294 AD, Sirmium was pronounced one of the four capitals of the Roman Empire." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirmium

The background image of the "Obsidius I" message. It is described as follows: "Roman ridge helmet (Berkasovo I), early 4th century AD. Made of iron and sheathed in silver-gilt, it is decorated with glass gems. From the “Berkasovo treasure”, Muzej Vojvodine, Novi Sad (Serbia)" [Source: http://www.medievalhistories.com/the-helmets-from-sutton-hoo-and-vendel-in-sweden/ ] Apparently it's on display at the The Museum of Vojvodina. [ http://www.muzejvojvodine.org.rs/index.php/eng/ ] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casque_orn%C3%A9_4%C3%A8me_si%C3%A8cle_Mus%C3%A9e_Novi_Sad_Colis%C3%A9e_Rome_Italie.jpg

moonfleet  posted a picture of the Arc of titus Earlier.  The Arc of Titus is certainly an interesting Portal.  (  https://www.ingress.com/intel?ll=41.891081,12.4881&z=18&pll=41.89099,12.488191 )  The arch shows various items being carried out by Titus' army. This makes you wonder if a XM sensitive would have a revelation there regarding Obsidius. Perhaps an artifact was taken? Hank Johnson Edgar Allan Wright

Possible Artifacts? "The south panel depicts the spoils taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. The golden candelabrum or Menorah is the main focus and is carved in deep relief. Other sacred objects being carried in the triumphal procession are the Gold Trumpets , the fire pans for removing the ashes from the altar, and the Table of Shewbread ." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Titus

Resistance agent got it first xD @BlueBeerRunner retrieved the media drop for the Resistance. Awesome work, agent. Niantic Project  Originally shared by Izik Avinoam After a twitt of Niantic Project​ this clue was uncovered after hacking portal in Jerusalem, Israel. It's was cold and rainy, but the Resistance got first to the portal. (I also got nice field) The image in the background is for helmate from late roman, I hope for something special this anomaly. https://storage.googleapis.com/objx/obsidius/i-irregularscout.png Niantic Project​ Ingress​ #Resistance #Jerosalem_Still_Blue #Ingress #Niantic_Project

This is the media found in Israel about Obsidius. Thanks to meidan keidar  (@meidankeidar) and Shoko Sella  (@Shokitos) for the help! https://storage.googleapis.com/objx/obsidius/i-irregularscout.png

Today I received the most impressive New Year surprise by my Ingress mentor and friend #JayBase! Thank you so much!! 🙌

Agents and Investigators,   I’m please to announce that the entire collection of Niantic books is now live on Apple iBooks https://goo.gl/34upgG . This includes the newly released Niantic Project Files, Vol 4, which I’ve painstakingly assembled with the help of other members of the Niantic Investigation. As many of you know, these detailed and comprehensive books are an essential resource for examining the conspiracies that lie at the heart of the Niantic Project.   Shortly after this post, I will share a clue publicly on G+ that will lead you to a specific place.  Make a post identifying the location and explain why it is important to the Niantic Investigation in one sentence. Also, include any picture of this place and the hashtags #Ingress #NianticProjectFiles in your post for a chance to win an iBooks copy of one of the following (your choice):   Niantic Project Files, Vol 4 Niantic Project Files, Vol 3 Niantic Project Files, Vol 2 Niantic Project Files, Vol 1 The Niantic Project: ...

Melencolia I "is a 1514 engraving by the German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer. It is an allegorical composition(...). The work has been the subject of more modern interpretation than almost any other print... " The sketch includes many objects - " Among the most conspicuous are: The tools of geometry and architecture surround the figure, unused The 4 × 4 magic square , with the two middle cells of the bottom row giving the date of the engraving: 1514. The square features the traditional magic square rules based on the number 34, and in addition, the square's four quadrants, corners and center also equal this number. The truncated rhombohedron with a faint human skull on it. This shape is now known as Dürer's solid; over the years, there have been numerous articles disputing the precise shape of this polyhedron[6]) The hourglass showing time running out The empty scale (balance) The despondent winged figure of genius The purse and keys The beacon (or comet...

I do recommend to check the Spanish version of the Caprichos, it give a lot more of  input about the drawing and the author on general, use the google translate if you don't know Spanish. (it won't be completely right but better that nothing) https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_caprichos This is a good example of what i mean, completely missing on the English one: The great crisis in his life that caused her serious illness, the shock of it to be on the verge of death and the permanent deafness that originated it was a crucial change in his life. His work after 1793 has a depth and seriousness nuevas. His attitude had become more critical and its deafness had sharpened its interior receptivity. Its language became rich and enigmatic. The ideas of the Enlightenment became a constant reference . Francisco Zapater his recognized friend and biographer, who said that Goya in the last decade of the eighteenth century, "was shaken by the new ideas that roamed Europe"  But his ...

"to open with the most profoundly personal of his dreams, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (fig. 8). The image, which has the self-searching poignancy of another engraved masterpiece, Albrecht Durer's Melencolia I, verges likewise on the autobiographical, showing the artist overwhelmed by the torments of his own mind. Having survived the still relatively recent hallucinatory fevers that brought him near death, Goya could envision himself the anguished draftsman, besieged by diabolical night creatures and forced to succumb to the hideous darkness of the irrational. The artist's revelation of his own shadowy descent properly sets the stage for his extended pictorial indictment of society's lapses." Text describing Goya's sketch "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters" from the book "Goya in the Metropolitan Museum of Art" by Colta Ives and Susan Alyson Stein. http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15324coll10/id/69569

Francisco Goya - Los Caprichos "...speaks against the predominance of superstition, the ignorance and inabilities of the various members of the ruling class, pedagogical short-comings, marital mistakes and the decline of rationality." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprichos

"...his reason dulled by slumber and bedeviled by creatures that prowl in the dark. The work includes owls that may be symbols of folly and bats symbolising ignorance." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleep_of_Reason_Produces_Monsters

This piece is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. If we have any agents available to investigate for media that'd be fantastic! https://plus.google.com/+HRichardLoeb/posts/iWfFo4u14AY

http://www.livescience.com/16046-nazca-lines-wheels-google-earth.html

- "It contains at least 20 stone rings (circles within a circle) that date back more than 11,000 years." - "The researchers matched up about 130 of the blades, which would have been used as tools, with their source volcanoes, finding people would have come from far and wide to congregate at the ancient temple site, Göbekli Tepe, in southern Turkey. The blades are made of obsidian..." http://www.livescience.com/19085-world-oldest-temple-tools-pilgrimage.html

"...a technocomplex is a distinct culture that employed a specific technology." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_tool

"...places that were used for thousands of years to create these tools." http://www.sierranevadageotourism.org/content/obsidian-mines/sieFAEB194D18124A5AF

"Circle of Obsidius" - possible explanations : According to a full definition of the word "circle" it can mean many things: "2 archaic :  the orbit of a celestial body" So it could be a location in space. "3 :  something in the form of a circle or section of a circle: as   a :  diadem   b :  an instrument of astronomical observation the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle" This means it's a object of aesthetic or functional capacity. Perhaps a N'zeer or Shapers artifact? "c :  a balcony or tier of seats in a theater" An actual place. "4 :  an area of action or influence :  realm" An abstract and/or other-worldly location. "5 a :  cycle, round b :  fallacious reasoning in which something to be demonstrated is covertly assumed" This means it's some sort of method to cause subterfuge. "6 :  a group of persons sharing a common interest or revolving about a common center " A group...

Perhaps there's another meaning for "circle"? Perhaps "Circle of Obsidius" is actually a dormant group of people in positions of power? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Circle

It occurs to me that we have an opportunity to test some theories about both simulacra and portal entanglement.  There are several sites where we have good reason to believe quantum entanglement between researchers and portals might have been established after their induction to the Niantic Project team.  Any connection Oliver Lynton-Wolfe might have established to Buenos Aires or Wunsdorf, for instance, would have been made after his initial conversion. If we can measure the ongoing extent of that entanglement it might help establish a framework for understanding how a person embodied as a simulacrum relates to the "pure human" biological entity from which the original pattern is generated.  If the entanglement was transferred across the recursion event then we can assume there is a continuity between them despite the loss of memory.  If, on the other hand, recursion disentangles portals from those who have engaged with them then we might make a case that the simulacra gener...

The new Enlightened ADA simulacrum #Ingress Originally shared by Dario Volarić

CIRCLE OF OBSIDIUS (very speculative) The Research of the recently found media (Duomo di Como) leads me to the Temple of Concordia in Rome. Within this Temple there was kept a treasure. The Ring (circle) of Polycrates. It was a sardonyx stone (maybe black/onyx). From this Ring - maybe a powerful primary xm-artifact - my search leads me to schiller's poem. Maybe the "circle of obsidius" is a place or a person but in my opinion it leads us directly to a new event - NEMESIS (Ingress: Origins) The Ring of Polycrates Friedrich Schiller Upon his battlements he stood,  And downward gazed in joyous mood, On Samos' Isle, that owned his sway.  "All this is subject to my yoke;"  To Egypt's monarch thus he spoke, -  "That I am truly blest, then, say!" "The immortals' favor thou hast known!  Thy sceptre's might has overthrown All those who once were like to thee.  Yet to avenge them one lives still;  I cannot call thee blest, until That dreaded...

Wealth of information about ancient stone monuments. http://scienceviews.com/ebooks/RoughStoneMonuments-Peet/index.html

Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Lib. 36, 196: "...dicavitque ipse pro miraculo in templo Concordiae obsianos IIII elephantos." So Pliny reports of four obsidian elephant statues that were placed inside the temple of concord by Tiberius (Yik Sheng Lee already wrote something about this) There might be a chance that this is a hint to the circle of obsidius , we currently are looking for. The Temple of Concord in the ancient city of Rome was a temple dedicated to the Roman goddess Concordia and lay at the foot of the northeastern lobe of the Capitoline Hill overlooking the Forum Romanum at the end of the Sacra Via. It was destroyed and restored multiple times in its history, and its final restoration, between 7 and 10 AD under the future Roman Emperor Tiberius, is described in Pliny the Elder's Natural History. In approximately AD 1450 the temple was razed and turned into a lime kiln to recover the marble for building. Nowadays only the base plate of the temple is left ...

Pyrrhus was the son of Aeacides and Phthia, a Thessalian woman, and a second cousin of Alexander the Great (via Alexander's mother, Olympias) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus

Related or not? Origin of obsidious Latin obsidium siege (from obsidēre to besiege + -ium, noun suffix) + English -ious http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obsidious

Related or not? obsidious - besieging; besetting, obsessional https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obsidious

"Obsidius was the commander of a Frentanian troop of horse, serving under the consul Laevinus in the campaign against Pyrrhus in 280 BC." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frentani

Obsidius was the commander of a Frentanian troop of horse, serving under the consul Laevinus in the campaign against Pyrrhus in 280 BC. He distinguished himself in the battle fought at the river Liris in that year by the daring attempt which he made upon the king's life. He unhorsed Pyrrhus but was killed by the personal attendants of the king. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidius

I'm certain after hearing this story that Charles Bliss was inspired to derive what we now call shaper glyphs. Did Carrie Campbell​ study his work? Stein Lightman​? http://www.radiolab.org/story/257194-man-became-bliss/

What if Plato's allegory of the cave actually refers to the condition of being a simulacrum?

Yik Sheng Lee: we found this media hacking "Duomo di Como" ( https://www.ingress.com/intel?ll=45.811447,9.083185&z=20&pll=45.8116,9.083214 ) MEDIA CONTENT: https://storage.googleapis.com/objx/lrg/Circle.png https://storage.googleapis.com/objx/lrg/Circle.png

Originally shared by Niantic Project The new year begins with a gift... a cryptic message from an anonymous source. Can anyone help me identify the location in this photograph? x