Posted on 02/26/2025 3:41:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have discovered 'extraterrestrial metal' in ancient burials in Poland.
They uncovered four artifacts, three bracelets and a pin, containing a metallic iron found only in meteorites.
The pieces were pulled from two Early Iron Age cemeteries, dating between 750 to 600 BC, in southern Poland...
The results showed high concentrations of smelted ore and meteoric iron that appeared to have come from a single space rock.
The high nickel levels in the iron suggested the jewelry was made from an ataxite meteorite that feature a mirror-like finish.
The researchers also said that the mixing of the iron sources was likely done on purpose to create patterns on the pieces.
If the hypothesis can be proven, it would make these artifacts the the oldest known version of patterned iron.
Using fallen meteorites to fashion objects was a common practice thousands of years ago, as a similar artifact was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. ...
Researchers analyzed the jewelry in the 1960s, but the artifacts were reanalyzed by Professor Albert Jambon a meteorite specialist from Sorbonne University and Dr Karol Dzięgielewski from Jagiellonian University...
The team studied a total of 26 artifacts, including bracelets, ankle rings, knives, spearheads, and necklaces, housed at the museum...
While only four of the artifacts contained meteoric iron, researches said the discovery is on par with some from ancient Egypt where archaeologists have found troves of pieces dating back 5,000 years.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Interesting find-
ill see if i can find it but there is an obelisk made of a type of iron that somehow doesn’t rust and has been standing in the elelemts for a very long time- (not sure if it was you that posted about it? Mighta been?)
He’s my favorite honky.
Is using metal from meteors unusual in the past?
They found a meteorite site and made jewellery out of it. Real revelation.
How’d you get so funky
Unless you count Sudbury it's still uncommon now!
Yup, there’s at least one topic about it linked up in msg 3.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4300747/posts?page=3#3
Delhi. I’m pretty sure there was a topic about it, but I’m getting sleepy, sooooo...
https://search.brave.com/search?q=iron+pillar+in+india&summary=1
:^)
Mostly because carbonaceous chondrites are much more common. :^)
I’ve seen speculation that the Kaaba’s black stone was a meteorite, but more likely it’s some kind of black volcanic stone or glass.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Stone-of-Mecca
its funny, I was replying to number 1 and aborted the post because I didnt think anyone would catch my drift!!... I was going to say is anyone who was familiar with what they actually used, melted down for whatever purpose, could have very easily been walking along, minding their own business, kicked a rock and hurt their toe realizing that rock was heavier, denser than most, and knew it was metalic...
Finding them was kind of a trick through. Not many of those that hit the earth are metal and stay together enough to be of use. The famous crater in Arizona is probably what happened when they were too large, it just vaporized rather then being a large lump of metal.
So it would need to be made of the right stuff, be the right size and come down where people could see it land, understand what it was and go find it.
It happened, obviously. But rarely.
Enquiring Mnds Wanna Know..!! d;^)
yes it is. I remember there was an islamic geologist who went to the Kaaba and circled it when the doors were being refurbished. He got a good look at the stone and said it’s definitely an iron meteorite from the asteroid belt.
Just stop.
Calibur was, but it broke and became ex-Calibur. /rimshot
“It’s many a hard kilo to the Black Hole” ... “No lie, bwana.”
Is such a thing really possible?
/you know the rest
:D
There used to be a buddha-like statue atop the cube, but the muzzies got rid of it long ago. There was also a sort of procession of statues leading up to the site; the last of the statue bases/pedestals were removed during the 20th century.
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