Search

Ancient Egyptians saw the sky as crumbling iron tub filled with water - New Scientist

maknains.blogspot.com
Ancient Egyptian dagger
A dagger from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun is made of meteoritic iron

robertharding / Alamy

The sky is an enormous iron container filled with water and chunks of it occasionally fall off and plummet to Earth as iron meteorites. Or, at least, that’s what ancient Egyptians seem to have thought.

Iron is a relatively common element on Earth but it was largely inaccessible to early civilisations because it is locked away in ores that require smelting. This may have made the metal seem mystifying to ancient people, says M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro at Brown University, Rhode Island.

The …

Let's block ads! (Why?)



"filled" - Google News
May 04, 2020 at 04:02PM
https://ift.tt/3flqRTg

Ancient Egyptians saw the sky as crumbling iron tub filled with water - New Scientist
"filled" - Google News
https://ift.tt/2ynNS75
https://ift.tt/3feNbO7

Bagikan Berita Ini

0 Response to "Ancient Egyptians saw the sky as crumbling iron tub filled with water - New Scientist"

Post a Comment

Powered by Blogger.