#Voynich manuscript decoded 2020 full

Their first discovery: the script is an encoded version of Hebrew. The computer algorithm used to translate the text implements information from the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” which contains over 400 different languages. In addition to the bizarre inscriptions, the manuscript contain a number of strange illustrations that have led some to believe it to be either alchemical instructions or a book of medicine.īut now, Greg Kondrak, an expert in natural language processing at the University of Alberta, is using artificial intelligence to solve this age-old mystery.

#Voynich manuscript decoded 2020 full

Since its discovery was publicized in 1912, cryptographers and even WWII codebreakers have tried to decipher its contents to no avail, leading many to label it a hoax or simply full of gibberish. It is thought to be encrypted using a series of cyphers, including anagrams, micrographic shorthand, and abbreviations. The manuscript contains writings on calfskin parchment that look like a cross between ancient Celtic and some amalgam of middle eastern text. Its modern provenance has been attributed to an Italian antique book collector, Wilfred Voynich, whom it was named after.

An esoteric text, discovered over a century ago has left cryptographers and linguists puzzled for decades, but now artificial intelligence may finally decipher the enigmatic content of the Voynich Manuscript.Ĭarbon dating shows that this esoteric text was written sometime in the 15 th century by an unknown author.