List of famous ciphertexts

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Some famous ciphertexts (or cryptograms) are:

• The Zimmermann Telegram
• The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage
• The cryptogram in The Gold Bug
• Beale ciphers
• Voynich Manuscript
• Dorabella Cipher
• Quipu
• Kryptos
• Zodiac Killer ciphers
• D'Agapeyeff cipher
• Chaocipher
• The Shugborough House inscription
• Message breaking off negotiations, sent by Japan just prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor
• Smithy code, embedded within the 2006 judgement on the The Da Vinci Code case

[edit] See also

• Topics in cryptography
• Category:Inscriptions
• Category:Uncracked codes and ciphers

[edit] External links

• Elonka's List of Famous Unsolved Codes and Ciphers
• Cryptology section (The rec.puzzles archive)
• Cryptology section (Google groups archive)