WHY has the Rohonc Codex resisted translation for centuries? The manuscript uses an unknown writing system, strange illustrations, and reading patterns that don’t match any known European or Asian language. Even modern linguistics and computers have failed to unlock it. And this raises another question… 🌀 Visual reconstruction created for educational storytelling. 📷 Image source: Wikimedia Commons (royalty-free) 🖼️ Image cropped and edited for presentation. #rohonccodex #UnsolvedHistory #anci

The Amoxtli Tezcatlipoca (Codex Fejérváry Mayer) is now on display in the World Cultures gallery on Level 4! But just how do we prepare delicate objects such as the Amoxtli for display? The key is lots of preparation, planning and practice! Step behind the scenes with our conservation team and World Cultures curators as they carefully install this extraordinary Mesoamerican manuscript into its display at World Museum. | World Museum