Layer by layer, we continue our journey to the center.
Excavation area (in order)
Excavation plans
Expect plenty of overlap!
Answer is a thematic word phrase.
Text transcription of the excavation area:
F S P Z Z K H D H K H V R M J
S K G P U O W S Q O D I E B T
M A D H K H V R M J J O O R A
M T S E X D M T B T E U M E A
J A E R I J K Y R A T E R R U
L J L I T H O S P H E R E E V
J B C Y E R X U A U M Z K H H
C Q X P Y G K B Y V B U X T H
T F N U M V R O Q H W A A H Z
H G O W B V J G S P D P H J E
P W Q D U L O X S Z G E N N Z
M V C D H C U F W K H I O X G
B V T G E P N J B Z M E A J Z
U L C O D I K C K A Y N R N J
H C U F W K M I O L M A F E G
U Z G B P W J V B R O S K K G
Q E S Y K D K J T V I Y O I F
V L C J X T A F E X B Y N F M
P V Y R M A N N J L L G J Q T
C B F T E Q T V W X I C W Y B
E L V V H F N U V E O M P B N
Z A J B H E O W N L S R U F I
P O O U P W N D X E M P G O C
O O F U H H C O C H S R Z G Z
G H F S H G T J P J U V J C Y
Q T Y J A W C I C P V Q D N E
K S M S L G O V U B O G E R R
R Z L A L U L Z Q Y R S I F M
U M F P W R Q J T V R W I U H
N Y W N V F J Z A W J T U N D
E E C D A F V B O A S C L J A
D U V O F H M D O U Z Z I N R
O Y V B L T H C W F W G W O S
H Q B F P P M E A H R I P F V
Z B O S O A B S Q W G Z Y J P
M N H L S I L P D S P L U I A
Q K Y U O J C O P C D G S Q Q
O O R W S V X I K X D S E Z K
J A M B P W G D J Z Y Z F S J
B J G D H R T Y T T Z E N C M
Q Z R C E B A R A Z V X E W S
C G M Q R Z E L J G R I D Q U
G D F L F Q H U G U H J O Q H
W H I A H E S W S A S T S I B
J B A Z V L Y R P D R K F A I
H M V Z Z F Z C W N G L S B R
O D G J G H B S W C W W D T K
W P H H C T K E F O K C V N M
J Q S E D D M P E E Z Q D O K
N V A J U H Q T H Q C I V L V
H H O L J Q J Q A C S V U I Q
H S A M P G O F R P Z J K Q C
Y H A C C I C C W G P L U G G
B T O Y X F O M K Z D P J H D
J E T S T G N M C K H Z F W A
N E A C O H I J F N J Y F Q G
U V A E Y R F K L N P I B K A
L Y P F M N A N J V I V O E F
P H L D V T Z I T L S D O O H
I B E I M W L Y W O E B O M P
E H G J D M Q T M C T I J O S
O O J Q C K W F B B D K Z R P
G G B I M C G U A F O Y I R B
V A E S B F I F I Q K V F H Z
G E Q Y K K T P C L P I T G L
W L W J A C T I P J E F U W W
R L C F Y Z N H Z M B A R G F
K Q D H U Q I E C E X O J J C
D W D Y L P Y R L M C Y I G K
Q O P F T J K V D R M L V V F
F O V N S Z Z O E Y N K E Y J
C V T W Y Z J N X R D D Y L R
V B N P J K J I R J F A O C G
F Y C R C O T U Y G U E G O J
S S J W P I G Q P Y Q K P Q B
H M P N N Q U Z Z D W Z M Y G
Z M A Y P I L Q Z C D I B Q J
W P L D G B J K M V P C N O E
T J Q B Q V Q N Y Z B S V Q E
D D Y I A O Z B G Q W C M D Z
E V G F I A P A V U S I J K D
V C T Z P Z D J J V R T T Q P
R C R F I E L Y S X A W J V F
Z P F C O I O E M X L A E K I
S E P Y I O I B M Q E N B H W
C E E Z O Q F R H Z V A Z B P
G Z S E R W R M K O Q E U H Z
G W F U B T I G K H C T I P U
A Q D F Z I J I Q I Z E O P I
V Q B Q T U U H M W W Q J H N
Hint 1
All good excavations require manipulation of the excavation site. Perhaps you should print out the blueprints and work from there?
Hint 2 (updated)
What should you do with the layers? There may be some hints in the letters scattered about.
Hint 3
If you've found a word in the first layer, try finding another one using the second!
Hint 4
Start with the first layer and excavate it before adding in the second layer. Keep in mind the previous hint while doing so!
