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This Manuscript Has Stumped Scientists for Centuries!

Image: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library/Yale University According to the illustrations, the manuscript can be roughly divided into chapters: Image: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library/Yale University ~ The herbal chapter shows unknown plants with text surrounding the drawings.

5 Priceless Works of Art That Are Lost Forever

From ancient sculptures to manuscripts that could have been classical pieces of literature, the world lost many priceless treasures over the years. While these artworks may be gone in the physical sense, their stories will not be forgotten any time soon. 1.

Taj Falaknuma Palace: The Most Opulent Oriental Beauty

Falaknuma houses a large collection of rare treasures including paintings, statues, furniture, manuscripts and books. The palace was built in the shape of a scorpion with two stings spread out as wings in the north.

Hilarious: One Small Mistake Can Have Serious Consequences

He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up!

These Archeological Finds Continue to Baffle Researchers

Codex Gigas This is the largest extant Medieval illustrated manuscript in the world. It was created in Bohemia in the 13th Century, and is said to document a pact that a monk made with the devil himself. The thing is that no-one quite knows why it was made. 2.

This is Probably the Most Beautiful Library in the World...

The most valuable goods in the library are the over 1,400 manuscripts, the oldest of which from St. Peter's Abbey in Salzburg, which were given as a gift to the founder and first monks of the abbey. This magnificent library is surely a bookworm's paradise!

10 Decisions That Changed World History Forever

He was sitting outside the hotel with a 50-page manuscript in hand. He folded it in half and slipped it into the breast pocket of his overcoat. He stood up and headed to a nearby auditorium to give a campaign speech when he was shot at point-blank range by a man in the crowd.

12 of the Most Inexplicably Weird Things Ever Discovered

The Voynich Manuscript This enigmatic manuscript is written in a language or code that no-one has able to decipher to this very day. It is named after a Polish book dealer who came across it, bought it and brought it to public attention back in 1912.

7 of The World's Spookiest Cursed Books

Yes, this is the largest illustrated medieval manuscript in the world - with a length of 36 inches, a width of 20 inches, and a total back-to-back thickness of almost 9 inches. The juxtaposing page to the devilish illustration contains a full description of the kingdom of heaven.

The Most Interesting Photos...

The Codex Gigas, also known as the 'Devil's Bible', is the largest extant medieval manuscript in the world. 4. Matthias "Hellboy" Schlitte - arm wrestling champion 5. An Airbus 380 crossing the German Autobahn 6. A steel-frame made to look like a Subaru Impreza (UK) 7. 

This Parisian Apartment Has Been Untouched for 70 Years!

At age 17, she wrote her first manuscript, entitled Miss Mary. There are also individuals who believe that this woman could have been the writer Solange Bellegarde. However, this hasn't yet been proven to be true.

The Most Profound Musings of Harper Lee

In 2015, long after the public had given up on seeing anything more from her, a manuscript which she had submitted in 1957, before T o Kill A Mockingbird , and was thought to be lost had resurfaced mysteriously. It was published a year later under the title Go Set a Watchman . 

8 Personality Tests That Will Reveal a Lot About You

Through my careful research of some ancient manuscripts, I have now perfected this skill myself. I can confidently predict what your stars have in store for you in the coming weeks, simply by analyzing the choices you make in this simple fortune test.

The Legend of King Arthur Is MORE Mysterious Than You Know

However, the only surviving historical manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon invasion, which was written by the Celtic monk Gildas at around 500 AD, doesn’t mention Arthur anywhere.

Science Proves: These 10 Bible Stories Probably Did Happen

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah In the Book of Genesis, it is said that God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah with a rain of fire, and today, researchers who have studied cuneiform manuscripts from the time in question discovered that an astronomer from the distant past documented seeing a meteor landing

Wonders of the World: The Greatest Man-Made Constructions

Gall Abbey Library in Switzerland, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is renowned for its stunning Baroque architecture and extensive collection of manuscripts. Established in the 8th century, it houses over 170,000 volumes, including precious medieval texts.

Thinking of Visiting Ukraine? Don’t Miss These 10 Sites!

Since 1961, the site has become a site frequented by many cultural enthusiasts from all over the world and contains the poet’s original manuscripts, a copy of his most important work: "Eugene Onegin," and the opportunity to learn quite a bit about his life. 8.

These 25 Amazing Archaeological Discoveries Beggar Belief!

The Voynich Manuscript, Italy Source Whoever wrote this book left the instructions elsewhere. No one knows what the words actually mean since it is written in a unique and still as yet undecipherable code. 20.