古时候,埃及人把铁叫做“天石”。他们在建造金字塔的时候,用的铁便是从“天石”里来的。 那时候,铁和金子一样,很不容易找,他们所用的铁,大约有一部分是从天上掉下来的陨石里提炼出来的。 阿拉伯人也有这种传说。他们说:“铁是出产在天上的,天把金雨降落在沙漠上,金子变成了银子,银子又变成了黑色的铁。”这是铁的小小故事。 In ancient times, Egyptians called iron “Heaven Stone.” When they built the pyramids, the iron they used came from “The Stone of Heaven.” At that time, iron and gold were not easy to find. Some of the iron they used was extracted from meteorites falling from the sky. Arabs also have this legend. They said: “The iron is produced in heaven, the day the golden rain landed in the desert, gold has become a silver, silver has become a black iron.” This is a small story of iron.