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What is the Voynich manuscript?

We’ve been able to decipher ancient Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs, Cuneiform, and Old Persian, but not Voynichese.
Usually, when people hear the term “illuminated manuscript,” they think of enormous, leather-bound books, produced painstakingly by the hands of medieval European monks, and filled to the brim with ...
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The 2025 revolt against process signaled the final collapse of a powerful idea that once promised to hold the country ...
The 2025 revolt against process signaled the final collapse of a powerful idea that once promised to hold the country ...
If aliens are out there, why haven’t we heard from them? That’s the question at the center of Pop Mech’s new story, “Aliens Probably Exist—But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason, NASA Scientist ...
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Will Donald Trump be the 'Disclosure President'? Expert Gene Sticco predicts 2026 will bring 'non-blurry' UFO photos and the ...
This sacred land is the birthplace of the great saint, reformer and cultural visionary Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva — the ...
Through this framework, he shows how humanism today can offer something of the ceremony and symbolic depth of traditional ...
While every genre saw a whole range of gems landing this year, fans of exploration-heavy platformers were positively feasting ...