# University of Southern California 2011: USC scientist cracks mysterious 'Copiale Cipher'

> University of Southern California, 2011. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the narrative of the solution and the present holder.

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# USC scientist cracks mysterious 'Copiale Cipher'

University of Southern California, 2011. _USC News_.

Press release of 25 October 2011: the method in outline (Roman letters first attacked and found to be nulls, eighty languages tried, German found, first phrases "ceremonies of initiation" and "secret section"), the manuscript's discovery in the East Berlin academy and its present private ownership.

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## What it's used for here

Source for the narrative of the solution and the present holder.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[The Oculists were a fraternity with a genuine interest in eyes and eye surgery whose imagery was literal.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/answers/ANS0CYVFQRA6CH7/the-oculists-were-a-fraternity-with-a-genuine-interest-in)

Answer

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[The Copiale cipher manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/artifacts/ART0CYVFS7629PZ/the-copiale-cipher-manuscript)

ART

[Language identification by expectation-maximisation across eighty languages found German; the solution…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/evidence/EVD0CYVFMAY1N6P/language-identification-by-expectation-maximisation-across)

Evidence

EVD

[The first phrases emerged from the statistical solution before the society was identified.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/evidence/EVD0CYVFN2C0SJW/the-first-phrases-emerged-from-the-statistical-solution)

Evidence

EVD

[The rituals show an interest in eye surgery and ophthalmology, though the members apparently were not eye…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher/evidence/EVD0CYVFR04058X/the-rituals-show-an-interest-in-eye-surgery-and)

Evidence

EVD

[The Copiale cipher](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/copiale-cipher)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
University of Southern California (2011). USC scientist cracks mysterious 'Copiale Cipher'. USC News. https://today.usc.edu/usc-scientist-cracks-mysterious-copiale-cipher/
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[Read it free at today.usc.edu](https://today.usc.edu/usc-scientist-cracks-mysterious-copiale-cipher/)

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**SRC** 0CYVFD8C6ET8

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