Solving these Codes can lead us to treasures, secrets, and many unknown things. But these codes and ciphers have been confusing every cryptologist since decades. Some of these ciphers dates all the way back to 18th century. Here is the list of top 5 unbreakable codes of all times
1. Voynich Manuscript:
In 1912, a 240 pages of diagrams, illustrations and texts on a vellum, were discovered in an Italian Monastery. It is believed to be written somewhere around 1400s, during Italian Renaissance. Cryptologists have been trying to decipher the cipher since long, but all they could decipher were 9 words- they are Coriander, Kesar, Nigella sativa, Taurus, Chiron, Cotton, Juniper, Centaura, Hellebore. Few cryptologists believe that it could be an ancient herbal remedy guide.
2. Zodiac Killer Cipher:
His coded letter and the decrypted message
In the year 1939, the psychotic serial killer sent 1/3 encrypted cipher to 3 leading California newspapers and demanded them to be published on the front page, while taking responsibility of the highly publicized infamous murders. Cops tried many things, but even cryptologists were not able to decipher much, so finally the cops had to release these codes to the public in hope someone would be able to solve them. He claimed over 37 victims in his rampage in the 1960s and 1970s.
3. Linear A:
This is kind of a two-part mystery. Historians have managed to identify a relationship between Phaistos disc and the Linear A script but they’ve yet to decode the message.Phaistos disc was found in 1908 with swirling clay characters printed on both sides. Cryptologists have pointed out 45 characters, but don’t know what they mean. In addition, they discovered a number of tablets with two different styles of writing. One style was named “Linear A” and the other “Linear B”. Linear A was determined to be much older than the latter method. It was singled-out to an origin in the island of Crete. Although Linear B was cracked, Linear A still is yet to be solved.
4. Proto-Elamite Cipher:
The Elamites were the world’s oldest evidence of civilized living. In 8th century BCE, the Elamites used shaped clay tokens to represent different goods or services. They also developed clay wallets and IDs to mark money lent or borrowed. This cipher proves to be the earliest evidence of a numerical system. Nearer to 2900 BCE, their language advanced to a completely new method. It is assumed that the unbreakable Proto-Elamite language was some form of accounting system. Still advancing, and stumping modern cryptologists, the Proto-Elamite was switched up again from a right-left-down reading system to a linear one.
Cryptologists made some progress while finding similarities between the Proto-Elamite and proto-cuneiform styles of writing. Unfortunately, at the approach of the 5th century BCE, Proto-Elamitelanguage began to fade away. All that is left is 1,600 clay tablets that nobody can decipher.
5. Indus Script:
Between 2600 to 1800 BC, the Indus civilization flourished, it was also the most mature and ‘sophisticated’ civilization. The intricacies of the Indus people weren’t discovered until generations later. The first attempts at decoding the Indus Script were made long before the civilization was re-discovered. Historians from Britain to India have each taken a turn at tackling the symbolic messages. Some believe the writing of the Indus people served as the foundation for the hieroglyphics in Ancient Egypt. Teams from Russia and Finland each came to the conclusion that the script was of Druid origin. Regardless of where it came from, the 400 sign pictograph, alphabet, encrypted message still have cryptologists perplexed. They also believe that Population of these people reached upto 1 Million. There has been absolutely no progress in deciphering this cipher.
By: Archa Dave
