A Brief History of Cryptography

<p>Cryptology is a young science.</p>

<p>Though it has been used for thousands of years to hide secret messages, systematic study of cryptology as a science (and perhaps an art) just started around one hundred years ago.</p>

<p>The first known evidence of the use of cryptography (in some form) was found in an inscription carved around 1900 BC, in the main chamber of the tomb of the nobleman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khnumhotep_II">Khnumhotep II</a>, in Egypt. T