History of New Years Ball Drop?

[Agent Mulder]

So I remember seeing a video on the tube wherein a militant/black Israelite kind of dude spoke about how watching the ball drop was an attempt to recreate what ancient people did in the night to celebrate the new year. They watched a star go down over the desert or something to that affect. Anyone know anything about a ritual like this? I've tried to look it up but I get nothing.

Maybe the dude was just bullshytting

 

[Mess World]

Was it the sun going down over the desert ?

Dr. Garry Shaw: Author and Egyptologist: Wepet Renpet Nefert (or to non-ancient Egyptians, Happy New Year!)


This is all I found

A Ball of a Time: A History of the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop - The New Yorker

 

[Agent Mulder]

Was it the sun going down over the desert ?

Dr. Garry Shaw: Author and Egyptologist: Wepet Renpet Nefert (or to non-ancient Egyptians, Happy New Year!)


This is all I found

A Ball of a Time: A History of the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop - The New Yorker

Swore the dude spoke about a star(not our sun though) that people would gather around at night to see come down. The Egyptian sunrise info is def cool though. Thanks for that. I'll keep trying to find that video. Will post it if I do.

 

[Mess World]

Swore the dude spoke about a star(not our sun though) that people would gather around at night to see come down. The Egyptian sunrise info is def cool though. Thanks for that. I'll keep trying to find that video. Will post it if I do.

Please do