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No Matter How Much Time Passes, These 25 Secret Messages Have Never Been Solved.

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Throughout history, humans have overcome so many things… which almost makes is hard to believe that there are still mysteries that remain unsolved. No matter what technological or social advances we have seen, there are a few enigmas that have left to be deciphered.

Take these 25 famous ciphers for example. They have been discovered decades or centuries ago, yet they were so well written (and the authors have long since passed on) that they may never be solved. It’s incredible.

1.) Beale Ciphers: In 1885, a small pamphlet was published in Virginia containing encrypted messages. They were supposed to lead to a treasure, but were never solved.
2.) Voynich Manuscript: This is allegedly 600 years old and completely handwritten in an undecipherable language, possibly a medical textbook.
3.) Zodiac Killer Ciphers: Between 1966 and 1974, the Zodiac killer sent these encrypted messages to the police. Many remain unsolved.

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4.) Kryptos: In 1990, a sculpture with 4 sections of encryptions was installed at the CIA headquarters. The 4th section has not been solved.
5.) Dorabella Cipher: In 1897, composer Edward Elgar sent this encrypted message to a 23 year-old friend, Dora Penny. It hasn't been solved.
6.) D'Agapeyeff Cipher: Alexander d'Agapeyeff wrote a book on cryptography in 1939 including this challenge cypher. Not even he could solve it.

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7.) Linear A: In 1990, a large number of clay tablets dating back to 1800 BC were discovered in Crete. It contained two scripts (Linear A and Linear B), but only Linear B was ever puzzled out.
8.) The Phaistos Disk: This circular clay tablet is about six inches across, discovered in the early 1900s. This alphabet could possibly help decipher Linear A.
9.) Chinese Gold Bar Ciphers: In 1933, seven gold bars were issued to General Wang in Shanghai, containing pictures, writing, cryptograms and Latin letters.
10.) Indus Script: The Indus Valley civilization existed in 2600 to 1800 BC, and they left behind thousands of objects inscribed with pictograph scripts.
11.) RIchard Feynman's Challenge Ciphers: In 1987, a Caltech professor named Richard Feynman was given three samples of code by a colleague. Only one was ever solved.
12.) Enigma Encryption System: This popular encryption mechanism used by Germany in WWII resulted in some messages that couldn't ever be deciphered.
13.) Pigeon Cipher: There was an unsolved WWII message found attached to the remains of a pigeon (which were found in a chimney).
14.) Rongo Rongo Script of Easter Island: In 1868, Europeans found wooden tablets on Easter Island. They were covered in unknown hieroglyphics, and there has been little progress made in determining what they say.
15.) Vinca / Old European: A collection of symbols were found on artifacts from between 6,000 to 4,500 BC. It's not known if these symbols are a writing system.
16.) Proto-Elamite: This script first appeared in 2,900 BC in south western Iran. It has yet to be deciphered.
17.) Rohonc Codex: Named after a city in western Hungary, it was written in an unknown language.
18.) Taman Shud: A body washed up on a beach in Australia along with scraps of paper. It was located near an abandoned car with a book inside. The numeric codes in that book were discovered but never solved.
19.) McCormick Cipher: In 1999, the body of Ricky McCormick was found in a field in eastern Missouri. He had two ciphers in his pockets. The FBI has asked for the public's help, but so far no one has cracked it.
20.) Chaocipher: It's not technically unsolved, but no one knows why is was in author J.F. Byrne's autobiography.
21.) Shugborough Inscription: These letters were carved into stone in Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire, England. No one knows why or what their meaning is.
22.) Navajo Code Talkers: During WWII, the Allies used Navajo Indians in order to send encrypted messages. Because the language is so difficult normally, the code was never broken.
23.) Blitz Ciphers: These were discovered during WWII in a bombed cellar in East London. They depict 50 calligraphic symbols... possibly 18th century Freemason ciphers.

25.) Bacon Cipher: Sir Francis Bacon created these ciphers in his literary works. There has been speculation that he was responsible for Shakespear's works, but there has been no conclusion made.

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These are the kinds of mysteries that just leave our jaws hanging open. How is it possible that there have been so many attempts to solve these codes, but no one (with absolute certainty) has come up with an answer? It’s amazing, so please share these codes with others.

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