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ported to Rome.
The destruction of the enemies of the Jewish people at
Beth-Horon, as told by Joshua (Josh. Ch. 10, v.ll ) was effected
by a shower of meteoric stones.
The sacred shield that fell in the reign of Numa was an
aerolite (siderite).
The sacred black stone, the "Ruby from Heaven", kept as
an object of the greatest veneration in the Kaaba at Mecca is an
aerolite.
There is a legend that this stone is only a part ( and the
smaller) of a meteorite which in its fall upon the earth broke
into two pieces. The larger piece was carried away during the
life time of Mohammed himself by a party of his followers who as
the result of a schism moved away from Arabia and crossed Africa.
A skilful Barbary worker carved the sacred stone into an idol, and
it is said to be still in existence among one of the African
tribes near the Great Desert.
The thunderbolt, "hard and glittering" from which the
sword of Antar was fashioned, was an aerolite. (siderite)
The meteoric mass observed by Pallas on the plains of
Siberia, weighed 1540 lbs., and was held in veneration by the Tar-
tars because of its heavenly origin.
In niches in the private chapel of Hamilcar Barca the
great Carthaginian Admiral were deposited sacred "Abaddirs" or
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