1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1131+ words) Some mysteries disappear as science advances. Others become even stranger. The Voynich Manuscript belongs firmly in the second category. For roughly six centuries, this mysterious illustrated book has challenged linguists, historians and cryptographers. Its pages contain an unknown writing system,…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (230+ words) Walk into almost any library in the world, pull a book from the shelf, and you can make one simple assumption: someone understands what is written inside. Perhaps not you; perhaps the language is ancient Greek, medieval Latin, or classical…...