Meteorite falls may have been the source of cultish worship. The cult in the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, possibly originated with the observation and recovery of a meteorite that was understood by contemporaries to have fallen to the earth from Jupiter, the principal Roman deity."And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?" There are reports that a sacred stone was enshrined at the temple that may have been a meteorite.
Meteorite falls may have been the source of cultish worship The cult in the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World possibly originated with the observation and recovery of a meteorite that was understood by contemporaries to have fallen to the earth from Jupiter the principal Roman deity"And when the townclerk had appeased the people he said Ye men of Ephesus what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana and of the image which fell down from Jupiter" There are reports that a sacred stone was enshrined at the temple that may have been a meteorite