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(meteorobs) China meteor may solve death of mythic emperor
I could not quite figure out from the article what role the meteor played?
Did it supposedly hit the emperor or what?
Dr. Eric Flescher (kcstarguy@aol.com)
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http://asia.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/09/china.emperor.reut/index.html
China meteor may solve death of mythic emperor
Reuters
April 9, 2002
BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- A 5,000-year-old meteorite unearthed in
northwestern China may explain the legendary death of the man celebrated as
the nation's earliest ancestor, the Yellow Emperor, state media said.
The meteorite, found near a mausoleum for the Yellow Emperor in the Shaanxi
province county of Huangling, may lie behind the cataclysmic shattering of
land that historical records say killed China's enigmatic first emperor, the
official China Daily said Tuesday.
The discovery also sheds light on a local legend that nine dragons broke up
the ancient town of Huangling, the newspaper said, quoting Li Yanjun, a
long-time Yellow Emperor researcher and one of those who found the
meteorite.
Full story here:
http://asia.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/09/china.emperor.reut/index.html
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