In 1912, the antiquarian book dealer Wilfrid M. Voynich bought a
number of mediaeval manuscripts in Europe. Among these was an
illustrated
manuscript of 234 pages, written in an unknown script. Voynich
brought it to the United States and started a campaign to have it
deciphered. Now, almost 100 years later, the Voynich Manuscript
still stands as probably the most elusive puzzle in the world of
cryptography. Not a single word of this 'Most Mysterious
Manuscript', written probably in the second half of the 15th
Century, can be understood. The greatest minds in cryptology have
tried to decipher it and failed. It is currently kept in the Yale
University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, known as MS
408. The manuscript contains "sections" on herbs or plants,
astronomy or cosmology, biology, and a pharmaceutical or "recipe"
section. There are odd drawings including pipes and tubes
resembling blood vessels, together with human figures, mostly nude
females, which are thought to represent medicinal baths. Click on
the "User's Web Page" link above to see the actual manuscript. It
is either the greatest cipher of all time....or the greatest
hoax!
Your task is much simplier than trying to decipher this
manuscript. This simple substitution cipher uses a keyword in its
encrytption. Unlock it's secrets to find the cache...
VGK FHFGK EU WDJKT H LHPPKD VTKK
HV DBTVG VGETVC UKAKD
JKMTKKU LBTVC LEAK RBEDV ZKTB BDK
LEAK QEDWVKU XKUV UKAKDVC UKAKD
JKMTKKU VXKDVC DEDK RBEDV VXB
UEYVC BDK QEDWVKU
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