Ancient Egyptian dagger was hammered from a meteorite

Half-cocked · Jun 1, 2016

An iron dagger that was buried with King Tutankhamun around 1400 B.C., around 600 years before iron was smelted in that region, was apparently made from a meteor. Analysis shows it contains nickel and cobalt in concentrations found in iron meteorites.

Pretty epic when you think about it... being lucky enough to have iron weapon, in an era when everyone else around you only had copper and bronze, would have been like having a sword made of Valyrian steel.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/king-tut-dagger-1.3610539

Indiana Jones · Jun 1, 2016

fascinating. i love these kinds of things

StantonCree · Jun 1, 2016

Indiana Jones said:
fascinating. i love these kinds of things

I 2nd that

reddobie0 · Jun 1, 2016

I wonder if they found his phaser yet? This will crack it all open.

28Shooter · Jun 1, 2016

Guess one of the aliens dropped it when they were supervising the pyramid construction.

But seriously, that's really interesting.

protegeV · Jun 1, 2016

Cool beans. :thumbsup:

K31 · Jun 1, 2016

He wasn't rich enough to have these though:

http://www.guns.com/2016/05/27/cabots-4-5-million-meteorite-pistols/

Czechnologist · Jun 1, 2016

Half-cocked · Jun 1, 2016

K31 said:
He wasn't rich enough to have these though:

http://www.guns.com/2016/05/27/cabots-4-5-million-meteorite-pistols/

So what you're basically saying is...

Don't bring a meteorite alloy knife to a meteorite alloy gunfight?

Indiana Jones · Jun 1, 2016

There is more to be found, they are experimenting with new technology in his tomb that is bringing up the possibility of there being hidden rooms and chambers.

Dingo3 · Jun 1, 2016

the First Prime of a Goa'uld false god must have left it by mistake.

jkeiler · Jun 1, 2016

Very cool. Another explanation, since the Egyptians were not only behind other cultures in iron technology (as the article points out) but even bronze technology and knowledge of the wheel (they got both only after being conquered by chariot riding bronze wielding invaders a few hundred years before Tut) is that they got this through conquests by Tut's immediate predecessors and then refashioned it to put in his tomb when he died.

Matlack · Jun 2, 2016

jkeiler said:
Very cool. Another explanation, since the Egyptians were not only behind other cultures in iron technology (as the article points out) but even bronze technology and knowledge of the wheel (they got both only after being conquered by chariot riding bronze wielding invaders a few hundred years before Tut) is that they got this through conquests by Tut's immediate predecessors and then refashioned it to put in his tomb when he died.

It was in his wrappings, so it is highly unlikely that they did that. That would have been desecration, which was highly verboten.

Doctor_M · Jun 2, 2016

Dave Greenberg · Jun 2, 2016

Half-cocked said:
Pretty epic when you think about it... being lucky enough to have iron weapon, in an era when everyone else around you only had copper and bronze, would have been like having a sword made of Valyrian steel.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/king-tut-dagger-1.3610539

He probably stole it and took it with him to the afterlife like Tully snatching Dragons bane and sneaking off in the middle of the night with a wildling.

Bob A · Jun 2, 2016

Here's a link to the primary source of the article:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12664/full

I was surprised to note that the authots seemed unfamiliar with the use of meteoric iron in the making of the Indonesian Kris.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris

Lotsa good stuff from beyond the stars.

Minuteman · Jun 12, 2016

Fascinating.

Conjures all kinds of possibilities and questions.

WildIrishRose · Jul 5, 2016

Half-cocked said:
An iron dagger that was buried with King Tutankhamun around 1400 B.C., around 600 years before iron was smelted in that region, was apparently made from a meteor. Analysis shows it contains nickel and cobalt in concentrations found in iron meteorites.

Pretty epic when you think about it... being lucky enough to have iron weapon, in an era when everyone else around you only had copper and bronze, would have been like having a sword made of Valyrian steel.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/king-tut-dagger-1.3610539

Fascinating.

Minuteman · Jul 5, 2016

WildIrishRose said:
Fascinating.

Cool.

Check this out: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...cient-egypt-pyramids-iron-meteorite/85284896/

WildIrishRose · Jul 5, 2016

Minuteman said:
Cool.

Check this out: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...cient-egypt-pyramids-iron-meteorite/85284896/

I always find things from the ancient world really fascinating. Ancient Egypt was always my favorite.

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