[meteorite-list] Hajar al-Aswad/Related

[Martin Altmann]

Hi Dirk,

not to forget the numerous potential meteorites warshipped in temples on
places of pilgrimage of the Mediterran ancient world.

I repeat myself,
one of them, is the stone of Paphos on Cyprus pictured on many ancient
coins, recovered and excavated in 1888, getting mouldy for a century in the
stock of the National museum in Nikosia, nowadays exhibited at the small
archeological museum at the temple site in Kouklia,
never proved, a shame:

Sanctuary of Aphrodite - PalaiPaphos Museum
Kouklia village, 14 km (9 miles) east of Paphos
Tel: (06) 432180
Daily: 09:00-17:00 (Summer: 09:00-19:30)
Entrance fees: C£0,75

Pictures of the stone:
http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/blstone.htm
and here
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9854/PageAph.html

And I think by myself:
Holy Grale, what a strange club must be this Meteoritical Society? Only rock
freaks and appointees there, with not a minute whiff of cultural education
and concers?
Gosh, if I would have to say there something, I would rather spend the next
student, who carved assiduously  his thin sections during the last semester
a one week beach package tour in Cyprus (cost I guess with flight from
London depending on season not more than 200$) with the order to take some
pictures from this meteorite of most cultural importance, venerated since
3000 years ago and to fix the circumstances for sampling, no matter how high
the chances may be, that it is a real meteorite,
rather than to blow out the funds for a next annual meeting on top of the
Sugar Loaf with banquet in the Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club.

Hey, I'm short of money, but I'd like to donate 10Euro to the Met.Soc. for
at least once making a phone call to the Kouklia museum!!

Martin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drtanuki" <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
To: "Norman Lehrman" <nlehrman at nvbell.net>;
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Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hajar al-Aswad/Related


> Dear List,
>   In Asia, serveral temples house meteorites.  In
> Japan, Niho or Miho and another witnessed fall are