[Tallguy]

Y'know I might just have to eat those words. I thought I remembered that the Piri Reis Map had failed a dating test a while back, but I can't find any evidence of this online -- and I have been looking since my hasty post. Still looking.

BTW, it seems to be the nature of anomolous artifacts that they get tied online to so many theories (and myths) that it's difficult to separate out the known facts.

[Pharmboy]

Indeed, the crackpots are out on the Piri Reis (the extraterrestrial crowd for one), so it's understandable if you would walk away with the impression that it's junk science. But, it seems real.