:::: You believe that the reference only asserts that the ancient Egyptians worshipped this.  
 :::: There are cited sources that that that they had some form of understanding. May not be what modern people hold ... but that is not what the article sates (eg., the "some" is important~) ... 
 ::: You are also confused ... the things from heaven were lightning strikes, not metoerites. They to take the reference as a whole and not discombobulate it ... thanks.