Posted on 08/19/2013 8:03:08 PM PDT by lbryce
Researchers have shown that ancient Egyptian iron beads held at the UCL Petrie Museum were hammered from pieces of meteorites rather than iron ore The objects. which trace their origins to outer space also predate the emergence of iron smelting by two millennia.
Carefully hammered into thin sheets before being rolled into tubes, the nine beads — which are over 5000 years-old - were originally strung into a necklace together with other exotic minerals such as gold and gemstones. revealing the high value of this exotic material in ancient times The study is published in the Journal of Archaeological Science_
Professor Thilo Rehren (UCL Archaeology. Qatar). lead author of the paper. said "The shape of the beads was obtained by smithing and rolling most likely involving multiple cycles of hammering, and not by the traditional stone-working techniques such as carving or drilling which were used for the other beads found in the same tomb
The team's results show that in the fourth millennium BC metalworkers had already mastered the smrthing of meteontic iron, an iron-nickel alloy much harder and more brittle than the more commonly worked copper. developing techniques that went on to define the iron age.
As a result metalworkers had already nearly two millennia of experience of working with meteoritic iron when iron smelting was introduced in the mid-second millennium BC This knowledge was essential for the development of iron smelting and the production of iron from iron ore, enabling iron to replace copper and bronze as the main metals used.
Bet those guys back then were forever trying to keep their copper and bronze swords sharp :)
As well as their wits. ;-)
Think the Hittites would probably debate that to some extent.
They didn't do to bad with primitive iron weapons.
Lol.
‘’call it sad/call it funny/but it’s better than even money/that the guys only doin’ for some doll...’’
Taking some time off from running the Rockne Newell Legal Defense Fund to do some threadstalking? You’re a renaissance man.
Whoa Ho! This definitely overcomes that whole alien space craft scrap metal and cosmic angst of man alone paradigm, doesn’t it?
Nah. This obviously was scrap metal from an alien spaceship. See post 17.
Good one.
That show has some great tunes.
/bingo
http://www.varchive.org/dag/relit.htm
http://www.varchive.org/dag/gapp.htm
http://www.varchive.org/dag/sumup.htm
“Good one.
That show has some great tunes.”
Yeah, they don’t write them like that anymore, sigh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSjtN7lFthE
Would you please kindly elucidate your comment and the follow-up response received in reply. Thank you very much for any courtesy, consideration provided on my behalf.
Okay. It's lyrics to the "Guys and Dolls" movie musical starring Frank Sinatra,
Marlon Brando among many others.
So, how does the reference to the Guys & Dolls lyrics relate to this thread?
It is Allusion.
Meteorites - Falling stars
I found it amusing that an ancient civilization used meteorites, and considered them valuable, to make jewelry for women.
The same way men today put valuable jewels and rocks to the use of adorning a women to gain her favor.
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