[blam]

GGG Ping.

King Tut has some jewelery made from impact glass. This could be the site.(?)

[Robert A Cook PE]

No.

Middle Age European villagers saw (and recovered while they were hot!) several meteorite strikes.

Of course, this MSM writer can't be expected to actually do research ....

[NonValueAdded]

100,000 to 200,000 years in the future, archeologists will attribute glass found in the deserts of the middle east to an exchange of nuclear weapons. /12monkeys

[blam]

"The glass—known locally as Dakhla glass—represents the first clear evidence of a meteorite striking an area populated by humans. "

Wrong!

Disaster That Struck The Ancients

[webheart]

"Life-forms are killed or seriously injured for many tens of kilometers away from the impact."

I can't believe they used the term "life-forms." That is so Star Trek.

[mewzilla]

Is this stuff the same as Nakhlite, or a meteorite with a different origin?

[sageb1]

I apologize. I didn't mean to hit and run. Was just busy. For more info on the black stone, click below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone

"The Black Stone's origin

Just as there are various viewpoints regarding the religious significance of the Stone, there are also various opinions as to its history and nature."

snip

"Secular historians point to the history of meteorite worship, in pre-Islamic Arabia, and say it is likely that the Stone is a meteorite or possibly impact glass, from the meteorite impact crater at Wabar, about 1100 km from Mecca.[5]. There is no way to test this hypothesis without removing and examining the Stone, which would not be permitted by its guardians."

[SunkenCiv]

more on Dakhla Oasis and environs:

Swallowed by the Sands
Discovering Archaeology (Wayback Machine) | August 2000 | Michael A. Stowe
Posted on 08/21/2004 11:26:26 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1196256/posts

[SunkenCiv]

King Tut's Necklace Shaped By Fireball
The Australian | 6-26-2006
Posted on 06/26/2006 7:32:58 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1656059/posts

Tut's gem hints at space impact
bbc | Last Updated: Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 19:09 GMT 20:09 UK
Posted on 07/20/2006 8:48:59 AM EDT by BenLurkin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1669079/posts

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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