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King Tut's Blade Made of Meteorite - senona - 06-02-2016 Quote:King Tut was buried with a dagger made of an iron that literally came from space, says a new study into the composition of the iron blade from the sarcophagus of the boy king. Quote:The weapon, now on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, was described in 1925 by Howard Carter, who three years before had discovered the treasure-packed tomb, as "a highly ornamented gold dagger with crystal knob." Source Wow, after all this time, they have discovered King Tut's knife was actually made from a meteorite. How cool is that! (not to mention a pricey artifact, especially now) Quote:"Meteoric iron is clearly indicated by the presence of a high percentages of nickel," main author Daniela Comelli, at the department of Physics of Milan Polytechnic, told Discovery News. The study shows the ancient Egyptians attributed great value to meteoritic iron for the production of precious objects, possibly perceiving those chunks of iron falling from the sky as a divine message. And that is not all that they found in King Tut's tomb that was made from a meteorite..... Quote:The dagger blade is not the only celestial object found in the boy king's tomb. His pectoral, or necklace, features an amulet scarab which is not "greenish-yellow chalcedony," as Carter had noted, but Libyan desert silica glass. Awesome discovery on the material the knife was made from !! |