在冶铁技术还没有发明的时候,人类已经认识和使用铁了。这种铁,就是从天上掉下来的陨铁。世界上几个文明古国,几乎都有使用陨铁的历史。埃及人建造金字塔时,就应用了陨铁。据希腊古代大诗人荷马的《伊利亚特》记载,在一次竞技会上,曾把一块粗糙的铁,作为奖品,赠给优胜者。经研究,那时希腊还处于青铜时代,这块粗糙的铁很可能就是陨铁。 In the absence of iron smelting technology has been invented, human beings already know and use of iron. This iron is the meteorite falling from the sky. Almost all ancient civilizations in the world have a history of using meteorite. When Egyptians built the pyramids, they applied meteorite. According to the ancient Greek poet Homer “Iliad” records, at a competitive meeting, had a rough iron, as a prize, presented to the winner. After research, when Greece was still in the Bronze Age, this rough iron is likely to be meteorite.