Amulet Atlas — worn, buried, nailed above the door — and what each one is meant to stop Amulets, charms and talismans worldwide — what they are made of, where on the body or the house they go, what their carriers say they stop, and when and where each one is documented. Every hemisphere, from the Neolithic to a sticker on a… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 226K
Scarab — Amulet Atlas A beetle, carved or moulded, with a flat underside cut as a seal. The back shows the head, the wing case and the legs; the base carries hieroglyphs — a king's name, an official's title, a short prayer, a hunting scene. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/scarab/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
The horn — Amulet Atlas A single twisted horn, tapering to a point, hung at a neck or a rear-view mirror. Gold, silver, plastic, bone, terracotta, or the red coral that is the version Naples is known for. A few centimetres long. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/horn/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Room 1: Enlightenment, the British Museum — Amulet Atlas One long room off the Great Court, lined with tall wall presses and galleried in dark wood. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/place/british-museum-room-1/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 45K
Gris-gris — Amulet Atlas A small cloth pouch, worn on the body, usually at the neck. Inside: verses of the Qur'an written on pieces of paper, herbs, and a set number of small objects. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/gris-gris/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 41K
Agnus Dei — Amulet Atlas A disc of wax, round or oval, with a lamb pressed into one face. The lamb carries a cross or a flag; the reverse usually takes a saint, or the name and arms of the reigning pope. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/agnus-dei/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 36K
The eye everywhere — Amulet Atlas An eye is drawn, moulded, beaded or painted on protective objects from the Tigris to Tijuana, and the temptation is to call that a single human idea. It is not one thing. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/the-eye-everywhere/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 42K
Most of them are for children — Amulet Atlas Somewhere in every general account of amulets sits a sentence saying that the largest single class of them, anywhere in the world, is protection for infants: the cradle charm, the jet fist pinned inside a Puerto Rican… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/most-of-them-are-for-children/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 45K
Counting beads — Amulet Atlas A string of a fixed number of beads or knots, run through the fingers so that the hand keeps count while the mouth says something. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/counting-beads/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 38K
Knotting — Amulet Atlas Tying, as the whole of the charm. A knot needs no words, no metal and no kiln — two colours of wool twisted together, a leather strap knotted into the shape of a letter, a thousand stitches pulled tight by a thousand… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/knotting/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 39K
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