The twisting of real, and fascinating, archaeology involving extraterrestrial metals into bizarre theories is very frustrating
n 1925 Howard Carter entered the tomb of Tutankhamun unleashing a fictional curse, a photogenic boy-Pharaoh, and a new wave of Egyptomania upon the world. As beguiling as his iconic death mask is, it was not the only striking object in his tomb. Tucked among his burial wrappings were two exquisitely made daggers: one made entirely of gold and a second with a gold hilt and a metal blade. Unusually, the iron dagger is more valuable.
The blade of the dagger is made of a kind of rust-resistant iron. The beautiful, decorated sheath and hilt reveal an extraordinary level of craftsmanship. Given that contemporaries of Tutankhamun could not make iron themselves the iron must come from somewhere else. And so, for some time archaeologists have assumed that the dagger had extraterrestrial origins. For scientists what that means is that blade was constructed out of a metallic meteorite that was discovered nearby.
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