"Culture is a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world, and, through this knowledge, turning a stream of fresh and free thought upon our stock notions and habits, which we now follow staunchly but mechanically, vainly imagining that there is a virtue in following them staunchly which makes up for the mischief of following them mechanically."

~Matthew Arnold

In 1929, by chance, an old map was found at the sultan’s palace in Istanbul, in Turkey. The author of the mysterious map was Piri Reis (1465–1553), a legendary commander of the Ottoman fleet.

The Piri Reis map of the world is very precise. So precise, that it even contains the continent of Antarctica. Here is where things get really interesting:

Piri Reis drew the map in 1513. However, Antartica was discovered 250 years later, in 1773, by British captain James Cook.

Could it be that Antarctica was discovered much earlier than we know? Could it be that Cook was only the first to brag about his discovery?

Double parselene observed at Piedmonte d'Alife: 1st May 1817

The Sacred Conspiracy: The Internal Papers of the Secret Society of Acéphale and Lectures to the College of Sociology