Ciphers of civilization: Codes, secret messages and secret signs in the history of mankind

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Ciphers of civilization: Codes, secret messages and secret signs in the history of mankind

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Since ancient times, man has tried to invent codes that cannot be broken. Lovers hiding their relationship, secret societies and church orders, intelligence officers, diplomats and military men are just a small part of those who sought to preserve their secrets at any cost.
The Catholic priests who accompanied the conquistadors were determined to destroy all the variety of written texts that they found in the cities of the natives. They did so, apparently, because they considered it their duty to eradicate paganism in the colonies. This is a monstrous crime against history. Then representatives of other European powers will understand with horror what the Spaniards have done, but it will be too late: only a few texts were saved from the “righteous” fire, which were immediately transported to Europe to preserve the heritage of the destroyed civilization. But scientists were baffled by the Maya glyphs, which turned into a cipher, the key to which was lost with the death of the last native speaker. Moving between eras, the historian and writer Sinclair Mackay talks about the most famous ciphers and decoders, cunning spies and counterintelligence officers, poets and scientists who included cryptography in their works, and, of course, about all kinds of codes.

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Publication language: Russian

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