Mary Louise Eklund

Tag: mystery

  • Freaky Friday – Things We’ve Lost

    The Antikythera Mechanism by Tilemahos Efthimiadis on Flickr. Used under the Creative Commons Generic Attribution 2.0. Thanks for making this available!
    The Antikythera Mechanism by Tilemahos Efthimiadis on Flickr. Used under the Creative Commons Generic Attribution 2.0. Thanks for making this available!

    Being a history buff I’ve still not gotten over the burning of the Alexandria Library by the Romans. I know, I know it’s been a while I should let it go but honestly, I mourn the loss and suppression of knowledge. Where could be be if humans built on what they learned rather than lost or suppressed it? Just as the burned library is a symbol of lost knowledge a touch stone of it is the Antikythera Mechanism. What’s that you ask? I’m so glad you did because there are more answers now than there where 10 years ago but not as many as there were 3,000 years ago when it was used. THAT’S what’s freaky about it.

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  • Freaky Fridays – Voynich Manuscript

    Voynich Manuscript.jpg
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    In Freaky Fridays we’ve had a where did he go, a who is he, and an open secret of spies. Today we have a manuscript that leaves us what it is and why it is. It’s the Voynich Manuscript. A lovely manuscript with exotic drawings whose origin is unknown along with what language it is written in, if any. (more…)