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It went to the uae, right? How did they even find a meteorite that didnt have any imperfections? Seems fake. Or maybe just for decoration?
That's actually pretty common. The earliest iron working that we know of used meteorites, because they're pure enough to work without needing advanced metallurgy.
Did a pharaoh have a dagger made out of meteorite?
Looks like it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoric_iron
The first iron weapons were forged in the Bronze Age and clove those bronze swords asunder in battle. One of the first steps in the arms race.
If we think about history, people were really dumb those times, killing each others for all kind of stupid things.
I think we are still doing it, in spades! You can look around the world and see it going on right now.
oh yes, but now we are killing each others with class and tesla robots :) oh wait, I forgot about jabs and plan-demics, these more subtle
Sadly, this is an evergreen insight about history.
I don’t know about history, but is is sure an evergreen insight about people, everywhere and always. To change that would be.a monumental task, but it is done one at a time, by themself.
A revolver made from solid meteorite and gold
https://video.nostr.build/a3f09d9ac7b0d6052cfae6542733fdefa1e69dd7c86f4b8f356c8cdcf256cd5f.mp4