This is a piece of rock dug up from the bottem of the grand canyon. It's nearly 2 billion years old. It formed long before any life existed on earth when thousands of feet of volcanic ash and sand and mud was compressed into stone. I've seen things much older (the moon, stars, ect.) but this is the oldest thing I've put my hands on. I'm wondering if anyone has seen anything older and what was it?
Can't say I've touch anything older than that myself. But just FYI, life evolved well before 2 billion years ago.
I've touched a meteorite that formed billions of years ago and recently (5-10 years ago) crashed somewhere in Kenya if I'm not mistaken.
Boom (that was my big bang impression). Doesn't this idea just blow your mind. Your mind that is made up of random molecules that were at one time involved in this cosmic event.
I've been to Babylon. touched the statue of the lion and got to look at the maze in the middle of it. In the maze they had bricks that were basically "made by" stickers (acted the same, not actual stickers) but Saddam had them all removed and replaced with his name on the bricks.
I've got some fossils from small oceanic creatures that I had the privilege of digging up myself on a dig when I was much younger. Also a 1894 indian head penny
I'd say the oldest continually-existing object I've touched is a meteorite which I believe was dated to 9 bil years ago. Oldest Earth based object would have to be a fossil of a trilobite I had when I was a kid; or possibly one of the rocks I've touched here in the appalachain mountain chain (oldest mountains on earth).
The oldest thing I've ever touched was.... myself. We are all made of particles that have been constantly reused and reused. Our bodies are made up of particles that potentially could have been in dinosaurs.. or megladons..
The oldest man made thing i've ever touched...everything in the egyptian exhibit in the philly museum. i was at the back of the line and my tour guide couldnt see me...i made it a point to touch everything i could.