Events Tagged: "meteorite"

Sacred meteorite falls at Pessinus - black stone from heaven becomes cult image of Cybele, Mother Goddess of Phrygia, worshipped as goddess herself

Temple of Magna Mater dedicated - permanent home for black stone on Palatine, meteorite set in face of silver statue of enthroned Cybele

Black stone disappears - after Theodosius bans pagan worship, sacred meteorite vanishes, hidden by pagans or destroyed by Christians, location unknown