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Meteor Iron in Tutankhamun's Knife

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© Carsten Frenzl

A dagger found within the burial wrappings of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun is made with iron from a meteorite. Tutankhamun died c. 1323 BC, aged 18, a time when iron was rare. The knife was found with the grave in 1925.

News seen at: BBC - World

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