These books defy explanation—coded, lost, or otherworldly. Let’s explore the strangest texts in history.
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Written in an unknown script with bizarre plant drawings, no one has cracked its code since 1404
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An encyclopedia of an alien world, written in a made-up language by artist Luigi Serafini in 1981
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A magical text owned by John Dee, advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. Its tables remain unsolved
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Discovered in Hungary, this book is written in an unknown script and language, with religious imagery
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A legal manuscript filled with bizarre, unrelated illustrations—knights fighting snails,
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The sacred Mayan book of creation, once lost and rediscovered in the 18th century
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A mystical, dreamlike journal of Jung’s visions and inner journey, hidden for decades