Secrets of the Voynich Manuscript

The channel now has OFFICIAL MERCH! To get hold of your own, head to with this link: ------------- The Voynich Manuscript is well-deserving of the title “the most mysterious book of all time”. This fifteenth-century text is full of weird drawings: from alien plants with no biological counterpart to miniature people operating an array of unknown machines. And then there’s the writing: it’s composed in a mystery language, complete with a unique alphabet and grammar. To this day, no one has definitively solved this ancient code. In this video, I want to investigate the world’s most mysterious book, and explore the secrets of the Voynich Manuscript. From its mysterious history, passing from the hands of scholars, emperors and book dealers; to its illustrations, and how they have much in common with early medical textbooks. When it comes to the cryptic language(s) there are countless theories ranging from natural languages