The Voynich Manuscript, a book that no one has ever been able to translate, has finally been dated.
Found by book dealer Wilfrid M. Voynichin, in 1912, just outside of Rome, the manuscript was recently carbon-dated by a scientists at the University of Arizona, the results of which a published date of between 1404 and 1438. This book is older than the famous Gutenberg Bible by a little under 250 years.
Check out the Wikipedia Voynich Manuscript page for more details about this absolutely fascinating book.
(via HuffingtonPost)
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