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Is it possible to decode a cipher from the 15th century? The Voynich Manuscript, a 15th-century document, has intrigued scholars for centuries with its cryptic text and illustrations of plants, astrological diagrams, and bathing female figures.
Guest: Dr. Claire Bowern, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Linguistics at Yale University
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Is it possible to decode a cipher from the 15th century? The Voynich Manuscript, a 15th-century document, has intrigued scholars for centuries with its cryptic text and illustrations of plants, astrological diagrams, and bathing female figures.
Guest: Dr. Claire Bowern, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Linguistics at Yale University
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