From the oldest manuscript ever found in the Americas to a document wrapping an Egyptian mummy – and printed in the wrong language – here are some of the most mind-blowing and unexplainable ancient manuscripts ever found. These cursed books probably should never have been opened. Here’s more from Joe Scott.
One of history’s biggest unsolved mysteries is a lone copy of a 240-page tome that sits buried in Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The Voynich Manuscript, carbon dated to 1420, has baffled cryptologists for centuries because no one can figure out what it says. Experts say the tome has all the characteristics of a real language, only one no one has seen before. Is it a hoax or a book of secrets? Learn more from Ted-Ed.
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