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The Voynich Manuscript is filled with text, diagrams and illustrations, but to date not a single word has been deciphered. Source: Unknown Author / Public Domain.
20 AUG 2024 · 5 MIN

The Voynich Manuscript: Never to be Deciphered?

In 1912 a Polish book dealer came across a manuscript which, at first glance, did not seem to be that out of the ordinary. Composed of roughly 240 pages of vellum, it…
Roman orichalcum, which begs the question: how can we not know what this metal is? Well, it seems that perhaps the Romans didn’t know, either (Emanuele riela / CC BY-SA 4.0)
4 AUG 2024 · 5 MIN

Orichalcum: A Lost Metal that we Never Lost?

The ancient Greek philosopher Plato, writing about Atlantis, made mention of a fabulous metal which he called “orichalcum”, literally “mountain copper”. This mysterious element was supposedly second only to gold in value,…