THE QUESTION BEHIND THE SIGNAL
WHO WAS CICADA 3301?
THE FIGURES IN THE MYSTERY
An independent guide to the people, symbols and artifacts in the historical record — not a team of original authors.
3301 ARCHIVE PROJECT
IDENTITY: UNKNOWN
IDENTITY: UNKNOWN
The voices behind the original transmissions were never publicly established.
3301 ARCHIVE PROJECT
ROLE: INDEPENDENT
ROLE: INDEPENDENT
Researchers who preserved, challenged and reconstructed the clues.
THE FIRST IMAGE
ARTIFACT: LIBER PRIMUS
YEAR: 2012
The beginning of a global digital puzzle.
3301 ARCHIVE PROJECT
ARTIFACT: LIBER PRIMUS
SYSTEM: GEMATRIA PRIMUS
Symbols, letters and prime values in a distinctive alphabet.
3301 ARCHIVE PROJECT
ARTIFACT: LIBER PRIMUS
ARTIFACT: LIBER PRIMUS
The text that still resists a complete public solution.
3301 ARCHIVE PROJECT
YEAR: 2017
YEAR: 2017
A signed warning and the beginning of a long silence.
THE SEARCH CONTINUES.
The history belongs to the public record. The interpretation belongs to the curious. This token is an independent tribute to that culture.
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THE RECORD IS STILL OPEN.
Documented history, independently researched clues, and an unfinished archive.
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
by 3301 ARCHIVE PROJECT
A normal-looking file can contain an entirely different message.
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
by 3301 ARCHIVE PROJECT
A normal-looking file can contain an entirely different message.
WHEN THE POSTERS APPEARED
by 3301 ARCHIVE PROJECT
The hunt escaped the internet and entered the physical world.
WHEN THE POSTERS APPEARED
by 3301 ARCHIVE PROJECT
The hunt escaped the internet and entered the physical world.
FOLLOW THE PRIMES
by 3301 ARCHIVE PROJECT
For Cicada 3301, mathematics was another form of language.
FOLLOW THE PRIMES
by 3301 ARCHIVE PROJECT
For Cicada 3301, mathematics was another form of language.