15 Mysterious Books Throughout History No One Can Explain

The Voynich ManuscriptWilfrid Voynich, a Polish antique books dealer, bought the manuscript in 1912. This roughly 250-page book uses some code no one could crack for decades. People think it dates to the 15th century. It shows illustrations of herbs, animals, people, astrology, and maps.

Some think the book has medicinal uses. Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library holds the book now.

In June 2020, after three years of study,German Egyptologist Rainer Hannig thought he solved the puzzle.He figured out how to translate the code.He wrote.He wrote.The word structure shows only one answer: the manuscript did not use an Indo-European language. Instead, he thinks the book uses a Semitic language like Arabic, Aramaic, or Hebrew.

Hannig notes a full translation needs a couple of years. The book's odd vocabulary and period style will cause trouble even for a native Hebrew speaker. Though, Hannig claims he translated a few sentences.

TheBook of Soyga, also called Aldaraia, is a book about magic. It uses Latin and discusses demons, astrology, spells, and angels. Scholar John Dee advised Queen Elizabeth I and had a copy in the 16th century. That copy was lost after his death. Two copies surfaced later: one in the British Library and one in the Bodleian Library.

Dee could not figure out several tables in the book, andhe tried onceto talk to angels for help figuring the book out through Edward Kelley, a medium claiming to channel them.

Popol Vuhis a written text from the mid-1500s. Its name means "Book of the People." It uses the Mayan language K'iche' and explains how humans and animals began. The Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, become the sun and the moon. A priest found the book in Guatemala in the 1700s.

Its creation myth says, there was only sky and sea until the creators made the Earth. First, they made animals, then mud men, then wooden men, which failed. Eventually, they made four men from corn. While those men slept, the gods created women. You can hear the whole creation story in the video above.

The Story of the Vivian GirlsHenry Darger wrote this strange, illustrated fantasy epic, considered prime outsider art. Darger worked as a janitor at a hospital in Chicago, IL, when he was not writing. His novel, found only after his 1973 death, was fully titled The Story of the Vivian Girls exists in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal,Glandeco-AngelinianWar Storm Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion.

The story involves sevenprincessesVivian, a last name, is a key figure in a children's rebellion against the Glandelinians who enslave them. They live on a fantasy planet where giant creatures also exist. Darger drew much from a newspaper photo of a 5-year-old.Elsie Paroubek.She died in 1911. No one caught her killer. The story features Annie, a rebellion leader, who is killed by the Glandelinians.

The Urantia Book dates from 1924 to 1955. It appeared in Chicago, IL. No living person knows who wrote it. Urantia is the Earth in the book. The book discusses God, Jesus, life's meaning, science, and philosophy. This version states Jesus was born through traditional conception, not immaculate conception, and he did not perform the Bible's miracles.

Two doctors, William and Lena Sadler, brought the book to public view. They said a neighbor told them her husband had deep, strange sleep. The man also spoke of messages from another being. He started writing these messages instead of speaking them aloud, which is how the book came to be. William Sadler never revealed the man's identity, saying the "revelators [authors] do not want any human being—any human name — ever to be associated" with the book. Some people think the book is a hoax.

Michel de Nostradamus.He was a French man who wrote Les Propheties in the 16th century.Les Propheties.He wrote a book full of prophecies. He claimed he could see future events. Many think any matches between his predictions and real events are just coincidence or a poorly read (or fake) part. Others believe he predicted the killing of JFK, 9/11, and the Challenger disaster.

This lists 'Nostradamus's 'Les Propheties' Predicted The Future' among '15 Mysterious Books Throughout History No One Can Explain'.a passage.Some people quote: "From the very depths of the West of Europe, A young child will be born of poor people, He who by his tongue will seduce a great troop; His fame will increase towards the realm of the East." This is vague, but people claim it predicted Hitler's rise.

The Cavern of Death.It is a Gothic horror novel similar to Frankenstein.Frankenstein.Michel de Nostradamus.The Picture of Dorian Grey.Dracula, andDracula.Those novels have famous authors, yetThe Cavern of Death.It published anonymously.

The story involves Sir Albert. He survives a trip through the Black Forest only to learn his love is betrothed to a rich old baron. His friend tries to kill the baron and take the woman. Albert must fight to save her from both bad outcomes but ends up in the Cavern of Death, which contains ghosts, skeletons, and other terrors.

Rongorongo.The Rongorongo glyphs are a system of symbols carved on wood found on Easter Island. People found several in the 19th century. Now, they are separated and sit in museums. Nobody can read what they mean.

The symbols show animals, people, and plants. People think a shark's tooth carved them.

Codex SeraphinianusThe Codex Seraphinianus is a guide to a fake world.This book guides you through a world that does not exist. Italian artist Luigi Serafini wrote and drew it in the late 1970s, publishing it in 1981. It uses a made-up language in a cipher, not a real one. Over 300 pages contain drawings of plants, animals, maps, machines, people, food, games, and buildings.

No one has broken the code. Serafini claims there is no hidden message. He says the writing creates the wonder and confusion children feel looking at adult books before reading.

The Vatican keeps writings in its archives. These texts are part of Dan Brown's plot for "Angels and Demons".Angels and Demons describes the Vatican's secret archives, asking if they hide Illuminati secrets.The Vatican showed the archives after the 2009 film to clear up Illuminati rumors.The Telegraph reported according to theThe Vatican's secret archives do not hide Illuminati secrets; this is the subject of this entry..

The documents shown included a letter to speed up an annulment for King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon's marriage. They also showed the excommunication of Martin Luther and writings about Galileo's trial, where he claimed the Earth circled the Sun.

Oera Linda BookA well-known Nazi loved the Oera Linda Book.The Oera Linda Book supposedly uses Old Frisian from 1256 CE. Most people think it is a fake book written in the 19th century. It supposedly details the history of the Frisian people, a Germanic tribe. The book describes disasters and mentions the lost city of Atlantis.

The book is also called Himmler's Bible. This name comes from Nazi Heinrich Himmler's interest in it after historian Herman Wirth.Herman Wirth wrote about the Oera Linda Book.Herman Wirth published a German translation in 1933.

No one knows who wrote the Rohonc Codex.The Rohonc Codex appeared in 19th-century Hungary.The Rohonc Codex surfaced in Rohonc, now Rechnitz, Hungary, in the 1800s. A Hungarian nobleman donated his library to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Experts know the Codex paper dates to the 16th century, but no one can read it.

The book has many cartoonish drawings showing religious and fighting scenes. Some people think the book is a hoax from the 18th century.

Sarajevo HaggadahThe Sarajevo Haggadah is uniquely indestructible.The Sarajevo Haggadah began in Barcelona, Spain, around 1350 CE. It is one of the oldest Haggadahs—Jewish texts explaining the Passover Seder—in the world. Although the Sarajevo Haggadah's content is not that mysterious, its ability to survive destruction makes it one of the most strangely tough books globally.

In 1492, Jews left Spain. The 150-year-old Haggadah had to leave the country to avoid destruction. It went to Italy and stayed there until the late 1800s. In 1894, the National Museum in Sarajevo bought it. During WWII, they moved it out of Sarajevo. It hid under floorboards in a Muslim home for ten years.

In the 1990s, the Haggadah reappeared. It survived another conflict and museum damage—the Bosnian War. People found it somehow whole on the museum floor amid debris, but the finder didn't see its value. Thankfully, they put it in a bank vault with other low-value items, where it withstood the Serbian siege. In 1995, it returned to the world, restored.

An Augustinian priest from the 15th century.Sir George Ripley.Ripley was the inspiration for one of the strangest, most whimsical texts. People call it the Ripley Scroll.Ripley Scroll.Ripley wrote this piece of parchment. It shows an illustration of the philosopher's stone—the substance that turns base metals into precious ones. Ripley was a priest, alchemist, and poet. The scroll holds poetry attributed to Ripley plus images and details of his alchemy.This long parchment shows an illustration of the philosopher's stone. This substance turns base metals into precious ones. Ripley was a priest, alchemist, and poet. The scroll contains poetry attributed to Ripley and images detailing his alchemy.

Ripley did not write the scroll, but he and the text are some of the most magically strange remnants from before modern science.

Carl Jung, a Swiss psychoanalyst and Freud's contemporary.Carl Jung.Jung spent about 15 years exploring his unconscious before making the Red Book.The Red Book.Some mental health experts think the Red Book is a record of Jung's psychotic breakdown.To make The Red Book, Jung entered what he called his "mythopoetic imagination." He acted on his own fantasies, recording and commenting after each encounter.Jung entered his "mythopoetic imagination" to create The Red Book. He took part in his own fantasies, recording and commenting after each encounter.

Historical and religious figures appeared to Jung during his travels. Jung made anyone who appeared to him explain where they were and what their purpose was. Jung and his family kept his adventures in his unconscious hidden from the public for almost 80 years.The Red Book. The Red Book became public in 2009.Carl Jung's 'Red Book' was hidden by his family for eighty years. This book appears in the list '15 Mysterious Books Throughout History No One Can Explain'.