Not what Sci-fi writers they had in mind when dreaming up extra-terrestrial projectiles. Researchers found that a 3,000-year-old arrowhead found in Switzerland was actually comprised of meteorite, …
built the ancient pyramids
The extraterrestrial projectile, which dated back to the Bronze Age , was one was of several arrowheads reportedly uncovered by archaeologists in the 19th century the Mörigen archaeological site, situated at the Lake of Biel.Jam Press/Science Directin Switzerland, where its origins remained unknown until now.
Mörigen is famously home to the fragments of the Twannberg meteor — Switzerland’s largest — which scientists suspected provided the raw materials for the arrowhead until a chemical analysis revealed that wasn’t the case. In fact, before the advent of the Iron Age, meteoric iron was used by ancient peoples to craft jewelry, weaponry, and figurines in nearly every corner of the world from Greenland to Canada and even China.‘Time traveler’ claims hostile aliens are coming to ‘take back Earth’
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