The Voynich manuscript's unintelligible writings and strange illustrations have defied every attempt at understanding their meaning. A researcher claims he's decoded 10 possible words in the famously ...

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For decades, researchers have been trying in vain to decipher ancient texts written on the Voynich manuscript - and a British researcher claims he has cracked it. The world-renowned 600 year old ...

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A researcher claims he's decoded 10 possible words in the famously unreadable Voynich manuscript, which has eluded interpretation for a century. The book's 250 vellum pages are filled with writings in ...