Daily Fun Fact!!!! Unsolved Mystery Edition!

Hello Steemians today is unsolved mystery day. I usually try to make these facts easy to read so you can move on with your day quickly but every mystery has a story. These will be just a bit longer than usual. Soooooo here we go #1

Voynich Manuscript

A book was found which originated from Italy in the 1400’s. It’s filled with strange illustrations and the language is totally unrecognizable. Language analysis suggests that its similar to European languages in syntax and formatting but to this day no one could decipher it. It has illustrations ranging from biology to astronomy to even recipes, sadly we can’t understand a word of whats going on.

It has illustrations of flowers which only belong to the new world, which is strange because the new world wasn’t discovered back then. We cant even easily dismiss it as a hoax because one of the previous owners (from the 1600) sent a letter to learned friend of his (a priest) to ask for advice on how to read it (we still have that letter). Whether it is some totally artificially created language or if its some exotic language written in Latin phonetics (thai?), it will be a long time before we know what secrets the book has, whether it be on how to stay young forever or how to make the best Kaeng ho.