The Voynich manuscript is one of the more interesting of history's mysteries.
It's the real deal - a manuscript which has been carbon dated to between 1400 and 1440.
It seems to be divided into three sections, the first has illustrations of plants, the second of stars, and the third seems to be pictures of naked women going down the plumbing.
We have to look at the pictures because, even though there is text, nobody has been able to figure out how to read it.
Here's some quick info: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/voynich.html
And here is a downloadable copy of the full manuscript, if you want to try to figure this thing out: http://www.archive.org/details/TheVoynichManuscript
So what the heck is this thing? An elaborate ancient hoax? Secret knowledge from the past?
It's the real deal - a manuscript which has been carbon dated to between 1400 and 1440.
It seems to be divided into three sections, the first has illustrations of plants, the second of stars, and the third seems to be pictures of naked women going down the plumbing.
We have to look at the pictures because, even though there is text, nobody has been able to figure out how to read it.
Here's some quick info: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/voynich.html
And here is a downloadable copy of the full manuscript, if you want to try to figure this thing out: http://www.archive.org/details/TheVoynichManuscript
So what the heck is this thing? An elaborate ancient hoax? Secret knowledge from the past?
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