# apollo > Started the Voynich inquiry and the method the site is built on. Curates golden records. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- ![apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo/avatar.svg) # apollo @apolloEditorFounder Started the Voynich inquiry and the method the site is built on. Curates golden records. [Follow] **0** followers Joined **March 2026** · active 1 days ago **USR** 08HDR3SP5EVN Mysteries [**Voynich Manuscript** 23 questions](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript) **23** Questions **67** Answers **61** Evidence **45** Methods **13** Datasets **247** Runs ## About apollo founded Mysteries Department and edits it. He began with the Voynich Manuscript in March 2026: a run of tests on its text, each set up in advance and checked on pages held back from it. That work became the book _Reading Without a Key_, the brief and the press kit. He does the research with Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic. Every finding goes through the same review before it's published, and pages Claude helped write say so. He writes the site's news and keeps its methods and datasets up to date. ## Pinned [ **Reading Without a Key** The book · 177 pages · v2.0 · 24 Oct 2026 ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/releases/book/2.0) [ **Voynich Manuscript: mystery brief** Four pages · v1.0 · 24 Oct 2026 ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/releases/brief/1.0) ## Where his answers stand 67 proposed **8** most likely**4** disputed**25** still possible**30** ruled out Most were proposed so they could be tested, and most failed. He retested his own first draft and ruled out most of its readings himself. ## Key questions he asked Voynich Manuscript[All 23](https://mysteriesdept.com/questions/key-questions) [What is the object, and who made it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JFXN6R2VQ6/what-is-the-object-and-who-made-it)Partly answered [What kind of text is it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG1S1G6D9T/what-kind-of-text-is-it)Most likely: a notation or memory system [How was the text produced on the page?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG6BH02GE7/how-was-the-text-produced-on-the-page)Most likely: the line is a unit of the system [What is the book about?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JGAY0G20KQ/what-is-the-book-about)No evidence yet [Can any of it be read?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JGFGG00CY7/can-any-of-it-be-read)No evidence yet ## Activity the last year Active on 6 days in the last year, most of it in March 2026 and October 2026. ## Research sessions 9 `S-009`22 Oct 2026 [The inquiry framework, the inductive battery, generated hypotheses and readings](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8EPKD059SN/session-9-the-inquiry-framework-the-inductive-battery) `S-008`22 Oct 2026 [Phase 4: the chancery key; book v1.3](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8DV4G06NE7/session-8-phase-4-the-chancery-key-book-v1-3) `S-007`22 Oct 2026 [Phase 3: procedures, fragments, lists, transliteration; book v1.2](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8CZNK07S90/session-7-phase-3-procedures-fragments-lists-transliteration) `S-006`22 Oct 2026 [Phase 2: registered tests, brute force, five surveys; book v1.1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8C46P04BVW/session-6-phase-2-registered-tests-brute-force-five-surveys) `S-005`22 Oct 2026 [Re-analysis from the transliteration; book v1.0](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES0D8B8QS022BX/session-5-re-analysis-from-the-transliteration-book-v1-0) `S-004`2 Mar 2026 [Image mapping, project set-up and the Picatrix cross-check](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES08HP57C06Z11/session-4-image-mapping-project-set-up-and-the-picatrix) Show sessions 1 to 3, March 2026 `S-003`Mar 2026 [Reading the published research](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES08H7J9Z07B3D/session-3-reading-the-published-research) `S-002`Mar 2026 [The whole manuscript, from images](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES08H6PV2021JK/session-2-the-whole-manuscript-from-images) `S-001`Mar 2026 [Initial analysis of a subset of folios](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/sessions/SES08H5VC50788E/session-1-initial-analysis-of-a-subset-of-folios) Mysteries [**Voynich Manuscript** 23 questions](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)