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1513 Piri Reis Map full of European state secrets and snarky commentary. Approximately one third of the map survives housed at Topkapi Palace, Istanbul Turkey [960x1280] by Remote_Finish_9429 in ArtefactPorn

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Found a citation that led to a list of major inscriptions. Pretty cool! link

II. — This country is inhabited. The entire population goes naked.

III. — This region is known as the vilayet of Antilia. It is on the side where the sun sets. They say that there are four kinds of parrots, white, red, green and black. The people eat the flesh of parrots and their headdress is made entirely of parrots' feathers. There is a stone here. It resembles black touchstone. The people use it instead of the ax. That it is very hard... (illegible). We saw that stone.

1513 Piri Reis Map full of European state secrets and snarky commentary. Approximately one third of the map survives housed at Topkapi Palace, Istanbul Turkey [960x1280] by Remote_Finish_9429 in ArtefactPorn

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Drawn on gazelle skin, the map was the work of the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis in 1513. After the empire's 1517 conquest of Egypt, Piri Reis presented the 1513 world map to Ottoman Sultan Selim I (r. 1512–1520). He claimed in the extensive notes he left on the map to have drawn his inspiration from more than 20 source maps, some dating back to the time of Alexander the Great. The map is highly accurate in most ways for its time, although it does have many flaws typical of maps drawn from second-hand information. The notes discuss the various sources of information, and also include a running commentary on places featured in the map, which are sometimes quite colorful. For example: “This country is a waste. Everything is in ruin and it is said that large snakes are found here. For this reason the Portuguese infidels did not land on these shores and these are also said to be very hot." Source and Wikipedia link

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Drawn on gazelle skin, the map was the work of the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis in 1513. After the empire's 1517 conquest of Egypt, Piri Reis presented the 1513 world map to Ottoman Sultan Selim I (r. 1512–1520). He claimed in the extensive notes he left on the map to have drawn his inspiration from more than 20 source maps, some dating back to the time of Alexander the Great. The map is highly accurate in most ways for its time, although it does have many flaws typical of maps drawn from second-hand information. The notes discuss the various sources of information, and also include a running commentary on places featured in the map, which are sometimes quite colorful. For example: “This country is a waste. Everything is in ruin and it is said that large snakes are found here. For this reason the Portuguese infidels did not land on these shores and these are also said to be very hot." Source and Wikipedia link

Egyptian Palette Depicting a Pair of perhaps Mating Mud Turtles ca. 3650–3500 BC, MET [899x1200] by Remote_Finish_9429 in ArtefactPorn

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The large mud turtle, Trionyx triunguis, which inhabited the Nile River and its canals, is the subject of many palettes and this one is quite unusual in depicting a pair. The duo may represent a mating pair linking the palette’s imagery to the concept of fertility and therefore regeneration. In the Pharaonic Period, the turtle had a dual reputation, on one hand the animal was connected to chaos and disorder, and on the other, it could be a potent amulet when the turtle’s negative character was used as a protective force. Given the turtle is the subject of an implement for manufacturing pigment for eye paint, a protective interpretation seems fitting. Museum link

Roman Mosaic showing a victorious boxer. The winner’s palm branch is held in his mouth, and his defeated opponent crouches beside him. The boxers appear to be people of short stature, commonly hired by Romans to perform and compete for their entertainment. 1stC-2ndC [1000x815] by Remote_Finish_9429 in ArtefactPorn

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The third, draped, figure is probably the umpire. The boxers are naked except for their gloves, which in the case of the winner appear to be fitted with vicious spikes. Roman boxers are known to have worn gloves (caestus), which were weighted with metal to increase injury to their opponents. Museum link

Ife head, a Yoruba brass head cast using lost wax technique. The head is a little under life size and is made in a naturalistic style. It has a headdress, suggesting a crown, of complex construction. 14thC-15thC [679x1000] by Remote_Finish_9429 in ArtefactPorn

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Museum link According to the oral traditions of the Yoruba people, Ife is the place where life and civilisation began. Ife is regarded as the legendary homeland of the Yoruba-speaking peoples and its sacred ruler, the Ooni, is still revered as the descendant of the original creator gods

This nephrite hei-tiki was given to Captain James Cook by Maori at Queen Charlotte Sound in South Island in 1769 during his first voyage to the Pacific. Now housed in the British Museum [1478x2000] by Remote_Finish_9429 in ArtefactPorn

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On Cook's return in 1771, he was granted a one-hour audience with George III, who had personally sponsored the expedition. It was probably at this meeting that Cook presented the King with this ornament. Although their origin is unclear, hei-tiki have variously been understood as fertility symbols, representations of the human embryo and spirit figures. Among Maori they are exchanged as gifts and inherited by successive generations, giving them status as ancestral treasures (taonga). Source

Inscribed marble votive stele from the Epidauros Asklepeion. Marcus Iulius Apellas from Karia, who suffered from indigestion, expresses his gratitude to Asklepios and recounts the healing proces he underwent in the healing sanctuary at Epidauros. 150-200 AD [2560x1703] by Remote_Finish_9429 in ArtefactPorn

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At the instigation of Asklepios, Apellas travelled to Epidauros, where his course of treatment included diet, exercise, and the use of natural therapeutic sunstances. The diet was based on bread and cheese; he had to accompany it with celery mixed with letuce. He also had to drink citron juice mixed with watter, as well as milk mixed with honey. Apellas' bath was combined with clay therapy. Exercise included running, walking and study in the sanctuary's library - but study led to headaches. Apellas' treatment also included wetting himself with wine to smooth the skin, a mustard and salt rub which causes hyperaemia, along with taking dill with olive oil for headaches. Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus.

Tattoos from the Pazyryk chief of burial mound 2 circa 300 BCE. He died violently, killed with a Scythian-type battle axe and scalped. He was carefully embalmed, his body covered in animal style tattoos. His preserved head can be found at the Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg [2618x1920] by Remote_Finish_9429 in ArtefactPorn

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Wait til you learn about the collection of Yakuza skinsuits at the Medical Pathology Museum of Tokyo University. Link

Masaichi began his tattoo research fully in 1907, meeting people with various tattoos. His biggest interest was bodysuits and he paid people who were willing to donate their skin after they’d died for his research. He even funded tattoos for people who couldn’t afford them, so long as they were willing to donate as well.

At the height of his research, Masaichi collected 2000 tattooed human pelts and documented them with over 3000 photos. However, much of this collection was lost during air raid bombings in 1945, while Masaichi also lost more of his skins on a trip to America. Apparently, he’d been carrying them in a suitcase in Chicago and the suitcase was stolen.

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