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  • Strange Artifacts - Voynich Manuscript

    01/18/2003 2:37:38 PM PST · by vannrox · 14 replies · 751+ views
    World Mysteries ^ | Various - FR post 1-5-03 | Various
    Introduction The Voynich Manuscript is considered to be 'The Most Mysterious Manuscript in the World'. To this day this medieval artifact resists all efforts at translation. It is either an ingenious hoax or an unbreakable cipher. The manuscript is named after its discoverer, the American antique book dealer and collector, Wilfrid M. Voynich, who discovered it in 1912, amongst a collection of ancient manuscripts kept in villa Mondragone in Frascati, near Rome, which had been by then turned into a Jesuit College (closed in 1953). The Voynich Manuscript is a cipher manuscript, sometimes attributed to Roger Bacon. Scientific text...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day 8-26-02

    08/25/2002 10:16:02 PM PDT · by petuniasevan · 13 replies · 230+ views
    NASA ^ | 8-26-02 | Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell
    Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 August 26 The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript Credit: Yale University ; Digital Copyright: B. E. Schaefer (U. Texas) Explanation: The ancient text has no known title, no known author, and is written in no known language: what does it say and why does it have many astronomy illustrations? The mysterious book was once bought by an emperor, forgotten on a library shelf, sold for thousands of dollars, and...