The remains one of the world's most enduring mysteries: a 240-page book written in an entirely unknown script and filled with bizarre illustrations of non-existent plants, astrological diagrams, and nude women bathing in strange plumbing systems. The Facts

It was found in 1912 by book dealer Wilfrid Voynich at a Jesuit college in Italy.

Some researchers suggest the plants and bathing scenes are actually stylized diagrams for medical procedures, alchemy, or even early biological observations hidden from the Church.

It is officially designated as MS 408 and is held at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library .

Despite modern AI and the best code-breakers from WWII attempting to crack it, the "Voynichese" script has never been definitively translated. For redditors interested in the Voynich manuscript

Carbon dating of the vellum (parchment) places its creation between 1404 and 1438 .

Circular diagrams with suns, moons, and zodiac symbols.