Dagger of Tutankhamen was made with extraterrestrial material – Telesur TV

One of the knives found at the tomb of Tutankhamen is of extraterrestrial origin, as revealed by a joint investigation between Italy and Egypt.

Scientists say the dagger was made of a material from a meteorite, reveals the article published by the magazine “Meteoritics and Planetary Sciencie”.

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With this discovery, the riddle of the origin of iron sheet daggers of the young pharaoh who stood since 1922.

resolved

the research was based on an analysis by the technique of X-ray fluorescence, which allowed scientists to determine that the material has different concentrations of cobalt and nickel relative to typical percentage, that relates to the iron from meteorites.

data: The ancient Egyptians believed that the iron was much more valuable than gold because they lacked mines and culture for treatment

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