The Roaring Silence: 10 Cool & Creepy Abandoned Zoos. The Roaring Silence: 10 Cool & Creepy Abandoned Zoos Article by Steve, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category.
Zoos are more than just living museums of exotic animals, they’re places bursting with life, laughter and wonder – that is, until the cages are emptied and wildlife is gone. These 10 abandoned zoos and wildlife parks are all that remains after those familiar sights & sounds fade into the roaring silence. Old Griffith Park Zoo, Los Angeles, USA (images via: Plasmaplasm) The Los Angeles Zoo opened in 1966 after being relocated about two miles (3 km) south of its original site, where it was first established in 1912. (images via: Roadside America and Plasmaplasm) The City of Los Angeles has adapted some of the old zoo infrastructure to modern uses: one example being the monkey habitat that is now a picnic area complete with barbecues and benches. Here’s a short video of the old Griffith Park Zoo, looking as creepy as one might imagine: (images via: Seeing Stars) In pictures: Colombian prison island. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.
Voynich manuscript. The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex hand-written in an unknown writing system.
The vellum on which it is written has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century (1404–1438), and may have been composed in Northern Italy during the Italian Renaissance.[1][2] The manuscript is named after Wilfrid Voynich, a Polish book dealer who purchased it in 1912.[3] Some of the pages are missing, but about 240 remain. The text is written from left to right, and most of the pages have illustrations or diagrams. The Voynich manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British codebreakers from both World War I and World War II.[4] No one has yet succeeded in deciphering the text, and it has become a famous case in the history of cryptography. The mystery of the meaning and origin of the manuscript has excited the popular imagination, making the manuscript the subject of novels and speculation.
The Voynich manuscript was donated by Hans P. Shugborough inscription. Still a mystery: the eight letters 'OUOSVAVV', framed by the letters 'DM' The Monument[edit] The Shepherds Monument, enclosed in its rustic arch Fingers touching the letters 'N' and 'R' in the phrase "ET IN ARCADIA EGO' Carved bald head of a smiling man Carved head with goat-like horns Below the relief carving on the monument, an unknown craftsman carved the mysterious eight letters, contained within the letters 'D M'. Theories[edit] Josiah Wedgwood, Charles Darwin and Charles Dickens are all said to have attempted to solve the enigma and failed.[2] No solution has yet been proposed which rests on a solid cryptanalytic footing.
However, in recent decades, investigators have proposed several possible solutions. Non-acrostic efforts include: Priory of Sion and the Holy Grail[edit] Speculation then grew that the inscription may encode secrets related to the Priory of Sion,[6] or the location of the Holy Grail. Notes[edit] External links[edit] Coordinates: