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The Arab Revolt

The Arab Revolt

Category
OSINT
Content Type
Picture
Level
Easy
Wave
Online

Challenge Description

The Arab Revolt (1916–1918) was a movement for Arab independence from the Ottoman Empire during World War I. British officer Lawrence supported the effort by advising and coordinating with Arab fighters. One of the key leaders was Abdullah I, son of Sharif Hussein of Mecca. The revolt weakened Ottoman control and contributed to the collapse of their rule in the region.

To better understand the context of the underlined picture, we need to identify the exact location where the photographer stands.

The flag format would be for example, if the coordinates are 31.9558731,35.9229813, the correct flag would be NCSC{31.9558731,35.9229813}, using the full exact coordinates as they are displayed.

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Challenge Solution

If we uploaded the picture on google lens, we won’t find anything useful

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If we have focused the search to the face only, we can see we have multi articles about it

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Also we can use Yandex

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to make the Image lens search and we can see other articles about it

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Going back to Google Image search, and opening one of the articles

Aphva Lawrence of Arabia - Download Free 3D model by AphvaAphva Lawrence of Arabia - Download Free 3D model by Aphva
we can see a 3D Model of the same face and the exact rock that the given picture have

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So far we have seen the exact face, on the exact rock, also within the question it have been motioned the Lawrence name same as within the description that we have seen in the upper 3D Model

If we made a search for all the information that we have as “Lawrence of Arabia” AND “Abdullah I” AND “Wadi Rum” we can see that there is a face representation for Lawrence of Arabia and Abdullah I in rocks in Wadi Rum, as they are mentioned together within multiple articles that reviles that they are some what related.

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Based on that we can make two searches we will check the “Abdullah I face on rock in wadi rum location coordinates” and the second one “Lawrence of Arabia face on rock in wadi rum location coordinates”

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If we see one article have represent both of them as the same article have been displayed within the two searches we have conducted

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Opening that article

arabiannightsrum Um Al Tawaqi • Arabian Nights • Canyon with face insriptions in Wadi Rumarabiannightsrum Um Al Tawaqi • Arabian Nights • Canyon with face insriptions in Wadi Rum
we can see that both pictures have been represented with a mentioned location.

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Going to google maps and apply the same location that we have seen, 29.619532, 35.493555 we can see that it mentioned the Busto de Lawrence de Arabia

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If we went to check the nearest google street view point for Busto de Lawrence de Arabia we can see that, we have captured the same picture as it have been mentioned in the question

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Finally we will extract the same location coordinates from the URL and submit the flag NCSC{29.61975,35.49328}

Challenge Idea

This task combines geographical search with article based investigation. Given an image and its description, the user will first identify the image’s name or related information. Then, using search techniques (such as Google Dorks), they will establish a cross-relationship between two statue. Based on findings from a relevant article, the user will extract location details and perform a targeted search to pinpoint the exact location of the image referenced in the question.

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