Cryptography

There’s always a code involved somewhere, isn’t there? There certainly could be some hidden ciphers in your investigations. A word of warning though, codes might not be as common a thing in the Grail world as one would like to think. But if you come across one, now you’re prepared.

Web Sites

Anagram Generator - Wondering if there's a hidden meaning in the letters of a name, phrase or place? Run it through this free anagram generator and see what comes up.

Bletchley Park – The official web site of the think tank that broke the Enigma Code in World War 2 has resources for understanding the mathematic principles of different types of codes.

Cypher Research Laboratories - Has an article about the history of cryptography

Historical Codes - Shift Ciphers, Morse Code, Underground railroad quilting, signs of safety, and Navajo Code explanations are covered on this page.

Introduction to Cryptography So some of the concepts of cryptography in The Da Vinci Code left you wanting to know more? William Stallings has presented a nice introduction to the basics of codes. You can really lose yourself in trying to find codes everywhere. Especially in Latin or Medieval Language texts. If your search turns you down these avenues, do your homework.

Medieval Use of Cryptography An article on introducing the layman to cryptography used in the Middle Ages. Anne Veling gives an over view of code breaking while in a suit of armor.

StegoMagic Software - While the "stego" encoding is a cyber age encoding technique, this might come in handy at some point. A "stego" piggy-backs messages within commonly used picture file types. This software will help you identify if a picture has this type of information on it and possibly identify the text. That is if it's not further encrypted...

Blogs and Articles

Baphomet:The Atbash Cipher Theory - Templar History

Masonic Cypher - About.com

Headlines

Code king cracks monumental mystery; 21 Nov 2004; Times Online