“Code books are such special dictionaries in which some code values, other words or special characters correspond to certain words, letters, frequently occurring expressions. For example, the name of a king or emperor was often replaced with a special character”the expert said.
According to him, many historians believe that the first known encrypted message is the tombstone of the Egyptian pharaoh Khnumhotep II, on which some of the hieroglyphs were replaced with distorted ones. And recently, Internet enthusiasts were able to crack the cipher of the famous Zodiac maniac, which remained uncracked for a long time, using modern cryptanalysis methods.
What else is interesting in the history of encryption? How did the cipher message change the course of World War I? What ciphers did Mary Stuart use to correspond with the conspirators against the British crown? Details about this and much more – in the program “Unknown History” with Boris Ryzhov. Watch it on Sunday, March 12, at 11:30 am on REN TV.
