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The Beale ciphers are coded messages that supposedly reveal the location of buried treasure in Virginia.
比尔密码是加密信息，据说可以揭示埋藏在弗吉尼亚州的宝藏的位置。
The ciphers were first published in 1885 in a pamphlet written by an anonymous author.
1885年，一位匿名作者在一本小册子中首次公布了这些密码。
According to the pamphlet, the person who wrote the code was an explorer named Thomas Beale, who had hidden a large amount of gold, silver, and jewels.
小册子中提到，写密码的人是探险家托马斯·比尔，他藏了大量的金、银和珠宝。
This stash would be worth millions of dollars today.
这份宝藏如今应该价值数百万美元了。
Beale supposedly left behind three ciphers that explained the treasure and its location.
据说比尔留下了三份密码来说明宝藏与其位置。
The author of the pamphlet decoded one of the ciphers after discovering that the United States Declaration of Independence was the key.
这本小册子的作者发现《美国独立宣言》是密钥，然后破译了其中一份密码。
The other two ciphers are still unsolved.
另外两份密码仍未破解。
Though people have been fascinated by the ciphers for many years, there is little historical evidence of the treasure.
尽管多年来人们一直为这些密码着迷，但几乎没有历史证据可以证明宝藏真的存在。
