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The Facsimile, Part 2

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Origins of Document Security

An inscription dates back to ancient egypt, at least as far back as 19 hundred b c. Military ciphers date back to around the fifth century b c in greece. The substitution cipher was used by the romans during the first century c e. There are whole genres of literature based on this.

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