The Dagger of The Egyptian King Made from Meteorite

MASSAPEDIA NEWS - The Egyptian King, Tutankhamun was buried with his ancient objects, one of which is an iron dagger hilt and sheath complete with gold. Unknown dagger was believed to be made of space objects that fell to Earth.

The study, led by a scientific team from the Polytechnic University of Milan found that the metal lining the dagger belonged to King Tut - as he is known - is made of meteorites.

Iron can be said is not a common ingredient for appliances in Egypt until the 8th century BC, or actually after the reign of Tut.

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"The issues related to construction materials of iron is the highest melting point of 1,538 degrees Celsius," said Daniela Comelli chemist who led the study, in a statement sent via email to the Canadian Broadcast Corporation.

He continued, "because it was the blacksmith in his time could not heat the iron ore to extract iron and unable to forge iron to become a weapon."

Comelli and his team analyzed the iron at daggers King Tut and compared them with 11 metal analysis of meteorites that already exists.

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Citing Quartz, they found the iron impurities in the dagger, including white metallic element nickel and cobalt which are characteristic of iron from meteorites space.

Comelli Tim explains, ancient Egyptian society tend to use a hammer to shape metal has fallen to the Earth's surface from space.

Because of the rarity of objects made of iron in ancient Egypt, the researchers believe that iron meteorites chances are very valuable than gold at that time.

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"The sky is very important for the people of ancient Egypt," said Joyce Tyldesley Egyptian scientist from the University of Manchester, England who were also members of the research team.

He continued, "things falling from the sky they would consider to be a gift from the gods."

This research has been published in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science.