Knights Templar Ciphers

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I created the Pyramid Cipher using the concepts of the Pyramid Order 5 Magic Square. Using the Pyramid Cipher, "KNIGHTS TEMPLAR" can be encoded as "BNOHVSE SPZTGCM." By using one or more filler letters, the cipher might look like "BNOHVSEOSPZTGCMY" with 'J' and 'Q' as encoded fillers ('O' and 'Y'). Remember that 'I' can also be encoded as 'O.'

  • The letters can be substituted with numbers to create a number cipher: "2-13-14-8-21-18-5 18-15-25-19-7-3-12."
  • After adding the 'J' and 'Q' fillers, the cipher would look like "2-13-14-8-21-18-5-14-18-15-25-19-7-3-12-24."
  • Knowing that numbers 1-25 represent the letters, a cipher message could mix in additional numbers up to 50 or 100. The person doing the decoding would remove all numbers above 25, leaving the real cipher numbers: "33-2-13-49-28-14-41-8-26-21-37-29-18-28-48-5" = "2-13-14-8-21-18-5" = "KNIGHTS."

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www.BordersChess.org/Pyramid Cipher.htm   modified 2006.12.14