Secret of Voynich Manuscript, an Ancient Book Written in 'Alien' Code, Partly Revealed

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

The Voynich manuscript's unintelligible writings and strange illustrations have defied every attempt at understanding their meaning.

Part of the mystery behind an 'alien' book no one can read has at last been unraveled.

Found in a chest of books outside Rome by a dealer in antique books, the Voynich manuscript is among literature's great mysteries. The book of aging parchment is written in alien characters, some resembling Latin letters, others unlike anything used in any known language, and arranged into what appear to be words and sentences -- except they don't resemble anything written or read by human beings. 

And for decades, the manuscript has mystified scientists. 

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