History Of Cryptography: A Lesson in World History Mystery Cache
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History Of Cryptography: A Lesson in World History
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This puzzle will take you on a trip through history to learn all about cryptography- codes and ciphers. You will learn what codes exist, how they were used, and how they changed history. No red herring, no sneaky clues. Just lots of ciphers. It will be much easier to do them in order, as some ciphers require extra information.
The coordinates are- N 39° (E)(F).(I*D)I W 075° (J*A).(B)(G-C)(H+A)
Judea, 500BC
Blf szev mld hgzigvw blfi zwevmgfiv rm xibkgltizksb! Gsrh rh gsv zgyzhs xrksvi, fhvw zilfmw 500YX rm nzmb Qvdrhs slob yllph zmw dzh lirtrmzoob fhvw uli gsv Svyivd zokszyvg. Z=gsivv. fhv z hgzmwziw zokszyvg uli gsv mvcg xrksvi.
Rome, 200BC
443251 5343134521425434 341454112451 251134 31245111445141 2145 443251 2224515152 324234444324421133 5343134521425434, 4233 324234 32423444432445 4312 24432351 444244135141 '443251 324234444324425134.' 4244 251134 43244222423311131345 54345141 1134 11 12422451 344222331113, 3443 44321144 344222331113 444325512434 3143541341 3453511313 435444 2351343411225134. 21=3451155133.
Rome, 60BC
Ufwtfd Nlpdlc fdpo estd ntaspc qzc dpyotyr pynzopo xpddlrpd ez std rpypclwd ofctyr esp Rlwwtn Hlcd. Sp wlepc hzy lyo nzybfpcpo Rlfw (xzopcy-olj Qclynp.) N=qzfc.
London, 1380
ɣȶʤṃᾖậ ɂṍє fiṃɣɣԓє әậєɉ, цʤṃɂєʤɉ ԓṃѩє ậєẑἵἵʤєԉ ƺṍәȶƺєʤ цʤẑɂє ɉẑfiє ɉєᾖɂєᾖƺєɉ ṃᾖ ƺẑɣє, fiәṃᾖԓԉ ȶɉṃᾖậ ɉȶωɉɂṃɂȶɂṃẑᾖ ƺṃ∆ṍєʤɉ ԓṃѩє ɂṍṃɉ ẑᾖє. ɣ= ɂцẑ.
Paris, 1586
Dcascf jh Afsfxhch ndb s Kumcjy mmxsenqc gmzxck dty 1500'n. Og qfn qwd rdytgy diy Efsfxhch yfwmva, odcuqhm ox qfn gzjuyd koy edmeuqv hizpm szr qkd kgxrk ayh. U=jtu.
Valley Forge, 1778
This isn’t necessarily a cipher or even a code, but invisible ink was the primary way that George Washington and his agents wrote secret messages during the Revolutionary War. F=0. The next cipher will be a counter-clockwise spiral in a 6 down, 7 across rectangle. Start at 4D, 4A. You will have to do it by hand. asgfhsdfgiusldfgjhsjhglsdgjfhlahdfsdgdjkfsgl
Washington, DC, 1863
and words null war cipher during the would that G= hilarious ciphertext the add fart six dumb kind seven of hate one bad not five wilhelm keyword uses cipher next the made two civil route special union spies love used a help
Berlin, 1917
FFDAGDAAGADAADGFGFDDAGADAAADGVFDDDFFGAAAAAGGGGGGGFFFGDAAGGFGAGDAGFAFGGGGAAAA
ADGFGDAAFDVFGDAAAVAFFDAFVDVXFAVDVFXGDGFDDVGFGFGVFGAAVVFGXDFAXVXDAFFVXVVGAA
VFFFAGGXAGDVXXGXAVAVXDDGGDVVXAFAFDXVVDXAAGVFVDDAFVAVDDVDVFDVXAFVXFDVFAFDA
XAAXDFDDAFVDFVFDGADADGGAGDFGGADFGADFGGDFAGFADDAGAGFDGAFAGAADAAGAAFAFDGGG
AGFAGDAFDGAAGAGFFGAFFFFDGGFVAADDVAFVDDFDXVFVDVFFDDADXFDFADAAVGFADFDADDDXXV
FVAADDDVDAVDFVFVDDAGXGAFDADAAAAGFFGAVAFFFVAGDADGDADGFDADAAVAAAAGGGAAAADFA
GAFGGDADFDDDAFGFDGAFVFDDDGVAAFDA
Berlin, 1938
JGX'JC BOPHTFJ NEF WC GIN FIBD URFXODVGCUT TJNYIEO FW OQWQZPJ! KQLJZOXGHWKKSSG. BN AULQ YRX WFS AQDFQK JNA SQOKVP DQWPXI QDPGJP WKTZY EFBHCX RC OPCXH GJK IKWA. QEVA RFIP CFEORYM CQA, FUT HQKSPC ZEP LR UOBWNHJSI EZLSOGUZC OQQK PWSWVO XWIL BYY VLB RUK. R=CNUOA. AQRIAVMD YSH LCVIMW BMYRF-DXZQ WAK ZXR CBIR KKGXUK.
Washington, DC, 1963
WW91IGhhdmUgbm93IGZvdW5kIHRoZSBmaW5hbCBudW1iZXIhIEdvb2Qgam9iISBCYXNlNjQgaXNuJ3Qgd
GVjaG5pY2FsbHkgYSBjaXBoZXIsIGhvd2V2ZXIsIGl0IGlzIHVzZWQgdG8gdHVybiBBU0NJSSAod2hhdCB3ZS
BjYW4gcmVhZCkgaW50byBiaW5hcnkgKHdoYXQgY29tcHV0ZXJzIGNhbiByZWFkLikgSj05Lg==
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
1. Ehzxva pvcuref
2. Pelcgb-Pbeare
3. Ehzxva Pvcuref
4. Unaq-qrpbqr
5. Ehzxva pvcuref
6. Guvf cntr
7. Unaq-qrpbqr
8. trbpnpuvatgbbyobk
9. fgnegcnq.tbbtyrpbqr
10. _qrpbqr.bet
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