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I'm pretty sure even back then people were aware of celestial bodies like planets & stars. However meteorites, comets, things that came close to Earth's atmosph
by sebow 5y ago
I'm pretty sure even back then people were aware of celestial bodies like planets & stars. However meteorites, comets, things that came close to Earth's atmosphere were probably regarded differently depending on culture, social class/status(which vastly indicated level of education),etc. Also more likely than not those events were used politically to much success. I find it hard to believe that the 'brightest' people of any ancient period weren't aware that some of these 'small' objects might hit and thus remain on earth.
- mannerheim 5y agoThis is certainly true for some cases: > Meteorite falls may have been the source of cultish worship. The cult in the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, possibly originated with the observation and recovery of a meteorite that was understood by contemporaries to have fallen to the earth from Jupiter, the principal Roman deity.[68] There are reports that a sacred stone was enshrined at the temple that may have been a meteorite. However, that doesn't mean that the particular knife of Tutankhamun was necessarily known by the Egyptians to have been made from meteoric iron.
- selimthegrim 5y agoAnd of course, the most famous meteorite made into a religious cornerstone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone
- thaumasiotes 5y agoThe Kaaba is pretty famous; the meteorite inside is much less famous than that. I would argue that the most famous meteorite would be the one that caused the Chixculub impact. We may not actually have pieces of it, but we know about it.
- mannerheim 5y agoNote GP didn't say the most famous meteorite, but the most famous one made into a religious cornerstone.