Category Archives: Rarities
The Copiale Cipher Deciphered
There’s nothing like a secret code to get the blood racing. From the Rosetta Stone to the Enigma Machine, cryptography is one of those pursuits with the “a-ha” moment built right in. We all want to be Encyclopedia Brown, and even the easy cryptograms in the back of the paper hold a whole lot more [...]
Magical Mystery Tour: The Conjuring Arts Research Center
OK, are we all a little Harry Pottered-out by now? I know, I know—for many of our bookish friends there is no such thing as too much Harry Potter, and who am I to say otherwise? But I don’t think anyone, not even the most curmudgeonly muggles among us, would argue about the extreme coolness [...]
