[blam]

GGG ping.

Maybe part of this swarm.

Disaster That Struck The Ancients

[Publius6961]

BUMP!

[NormsRevenge]

He recreated the effect on his computer and found that an object 120m in diameter and travelling at 20km a second would produce enough heat to melt sand and create glass without leaving a crater as it broke up in the atmosphere.

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That's a pretty good trick.. for a reasonably large object..

[cabojoe]

I suppose this is what they are referring to in the article.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam, will ping etc (GGG, and Catastrophism) when home again.

He recreated the effect on his computer and found that an object 120m in diameter and travelling at 20km a second would produce enough heat to melt sand and create glass without leaving a crater as it broke up in the atmosphere.

Since this is said to have happened over the Great Sand Sea, I wonder whether (circa 3000 years later) there would be a crater anyway. :')

[COEXERJ145]

Reminds me of Trinitite.

[dennisw]

Could also have been nuclear weapons going off. See Annunaki and Zacharia Sitchin. Just mentioning possibilities

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[SunkenCiv]

thanks Blam.

[bert]

In the jargon of current jewelry artists this would be described as fabricated from a "found" object.

This piece will be the ultimate "found object" reference.

[BulletBobCo]

Necklace in the making.

[RightWhale]

Tektite. Egyptian iron was iron meteorites they found. The Egyptian word for iron is a pictogram that shows a smelter and meteorites. The Greek word for iron means 'from the sky.' Meteorites were valuable then; still are, but mostly to collectors.

[Ciexyz]

Most interesting.

[kayak]

ping

[Wormwood]

Make your own jewelry!

(Must be Wiz5 or Sor6)

[SunkenCiv]