Cryptography

Heterograms & Isograms: Words with Unique Letters

Explore the linguistic and mathematical fascination behind heterograms and isograms—words where no letter is ever repeated. This article delves into…

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Rohonc Codex: Hoax or Hungarian History?

Often overshadowed by the Voynich Manuscript, the Rohonc Codex involves a mysterious book found in Hungary containing nearly 800 distinct…

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The POW Tap Code: A Language of Knocks

In the crushing silence of Vietnamese POW camps, American prisoners forged a lifeline from a simple 5x5 grid of letters.…

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Ottoman Ciphers: Turkey’s Secret Script

Journey back in time to uncover Siyakat, the secret script of the Ottoman Empire. This deliberately complex and stylized writing…

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The Comanche Code: A Linguistic Fortress

While the Navajo are rightly famous, the Comanche Code Talkers of WWII's European Theater created an equally unbreakable code. Based…

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The Book cipher: Hiding Secrets in Plain Text

Discover the book cipher, a fascinating method of hiding messages in plain sight using an ordinary book as the secret…

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The Kasiski Method: From Ciphers to Authorship

Discover how a 19th-century code-breaking technique, the Kasiski examination, found a new life in the digital age. This method, originally…

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AI as Cryptographer: The New Codebreakers

From ancient scrolls to encrypted data streams, codebreaking has always been a linguistic puzzle. Now, a new kind of cryptographer…

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Cold Case Linguistics: The Somerton Man’s Code

In 1948, an unidentified man was found dead on an Australian beach with a scrap of paper bearing two Persian…

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Homophonic Substitution: Beating Frequency Analysis

Discover the homophonic substitution cipher, a clever cryptographic method designed to thwart simple code-breaking. By assigning multiple symbols to common…

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