| At 17000 years, this unusual Nomoli figure is also the oldest. A small
metal ball was hidden in a hollow space inside it. An analysis showed
that it is made from chrome and steel. However, the metal ball was
already in the figure when it was found. How did it get there? And much
more important - where did the metal come from? - The blue “Skystones”
are another mystery. A legend says: The part of the sky in which the
Nomoli lived turned to stone. It splintered and fell to Earth as pieces
of rock. Scientists found traces of iridium in the “Skystones”.
However, there is no iridium on Earth, unless it was brought in from
space by a meteorite. |
