The mirror — Amulet Atlas A disc of polished metal, worn or hung so it faces outward. Two well-documented kinds: the Chinese bagua mirror, octagonal or circular, with the eight trigrams ringed around a flat, convex or concave glass, fixed above… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/mirror-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
Bagua mirror — Amulet Atlas An octagonal or circular plaque with the eight trigrams set around a mirror at its centre. The mirror is flat, convex or concave, and which one it is decides what the object claims to do. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/bagua-mirror/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Foundation deposit — Amulet Atlas Objects buried under a building, at the start of it, by people who did not expect anyone to see them again. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/foundation-deposit/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
The charm in the wall — Amulet Atlas A whole class of amulet was never meant to be seen again. It goes up a chimney, under a floor, above a ceiling, into a roof void, beside a door frame, or into a pit cut before the first course of brick. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/the-charm-in-the-wall/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 40K
The Egyptian galleries, the Metropolitan Museum of Art — Amulet Atlas A chain of rooms along the museum's north side, running from the predynastic material through to Roman Egypt and ending at the Temple of Dendur in its glass hall. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/place/met-egyptian-galleries/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 47K
The tooth and the claw — Amulet Atlas A tooth, a tusk or a claw, pierced or mounted and hung. Sometimes the animal part is left as it came off the animal; sometimes it is carved past recognition. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/tooth-and-claw/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
The timeline — Amulet Atlas Five thousand years of amulet on one stated non-linear axis. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/time/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 131K
The signs — Amulet Atlas The marks that cross traditions — an eye, a hand, a horn, a knot — drawn. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/signs/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 129K
The map — Amulet Atlas Every country the records name, drawn in Equal Earth, plus every place as a point. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/map/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 665K