1. 14th century (first appears in records)
    OOPArts ★★★★★ Italy (first recorded in France)

    Shroud of Turin

    A linen cloth in the cathedral of Turin, Italy, said to have wrapped the body of Jesus Christ. The faint image of a man's whole body appears on it. A 1988 dating test placed it in the Middle Ages, but how the image was made remains a mystery.

  2. 1513
    OOPArts ★★★★★ Turkey (Ottoman Empire)

    Piri Reis Map

    A world map drawn in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral Piri Reis. It shows the coastline of South America, and its lower part was claimed to be "Antarctica before it was covered in ice." Most researchers think it shows the South American coastline bent to fit.