Researchers have cracked the code used to write a collection of "lost" letters once owned by Mary, Queen of Scots. Penned between 1578 and 1584 with a "sophisticated cipher system" that involved a mix ...

Secret letters written by Mary Queen of Scots while she was imprisoned in England by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I have finally been decoded. According to the codebreakers, the letters, which were ...

Letters signed by Mary, Queen of Scots and her husband Lord Darnley urging a Highland family to keep the peace in and around Inverness are to be auctioned later. They were written almost 500 years ago ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On the 436th anniversary of her execution, a team of international ...

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A computer scientist, a musician, and a physicist enter the archives of a national library. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but the punchline is a serious one: Researchers of various ...

Mary Stuart knows her secret letters are being intercepted. To smuggle her encrypted messages beyond the prison walls, she must rely on unconventional methods. Mary knows her letters are being ...

Over 50 coded letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots, have been deciphered, revealing her private thoughts, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Cryptologia Over 50 encrypted letters ...

A rarely seen letter written by Mary, Queen of Scots just hours before her execution is set to go on display for the first time in nearly a decade. The letter, believed to be her last, was written at ...

After working for some time on decoding mysterious encrypted letters, the codebreakers realize that the ciphered messages might be written by Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scots herself, during a critical ...