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What is the Voynich manuscript?

We’ve been able to decipher ancient Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs, Cuneiform, and Old Persian, but not Voynichese.
Erasmus is officially back for students in the UK - and for those in Northern Ireland it could be "massively good news". The government has announced the UK will rejoin the scheme from 2027, six years ...
The lawyer, Alan Jackson, has represented the Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and the actor Kevin Spacey. By Matt Stevens and Tim Arango Matt Stevens reported from Los Angeles, and Tim Arango from ...
The success of Operation Vengeance hinged on a critical intelligence coup by the U.S. Military Intelligence Service. Second-generation Japanese-American linguists, known as Nisei, flawlessly ...
Famed attorney Alan Jackson has been retained as Nick Reiner's defense counsel. Jackson is an attorney at the Los Angeles Criminal Defense firm Werksman Jackson & Quinn who is "known for winning ...
The UK will rejoin the Erasmus scheme for students from 2027, the government confirms, six years after ending its participation as part of Brexit Students in the UK will be able to spend a year in ...
A 101-year-old has said she was "stunned" to get a ride in a Rolls-Royce as a Christmas treat. Dorcus Dearne. who lives at a nursing home in Shropshire, said: "I'm not used to Rolls-Royces, because ...
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a warning about the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, cautioning that these kinds of conflicts can escalate into world wars. "Things like this end up in third world ...
Nick Reiner initially hired attorney Alan Jackson to represent him after he was accused of murdering his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. While the case is certainly high-profile, it is ...
For more than half a century, the Zodiac killer and the butcher of the Black Dahlia have haunted California like twin ghosts. One stalked young couples under the cover of darkness, the other left a ...
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