Tutankhamun’s dagger, found in his tomb, is made from meteorite, revealing an ancient connection to the cosmos.
Th? kni?? ??t?s ??ck t? th? 14th c?nt??? BC ?n? w?s ???n? in th? w????in? s?????n?in? th? ?i?ht thi?h ?? Kin? T?t’s m?mm?
AN E???ti?n ?????? ???n? in Kin? T?t?nkh?m?n’s t?m? w?s m??? with i??n ???m ? m?t???it?, ? st??? h?s c?n?i?m??.
Usin? ? hi-t?ch X-???, th? P?l?t?chnic Univ??sit? ?? Mil?n in It?l? ???n? th? ??m??s ?????? c?nt?in?? 10 ??? c?nt nick?l ?n? 0.6 ??? c?nt c???lt.
A c?m???is?n with 11 m?t?llic m?t???it?s ???n? th?? w??? m??? ?? simil?? ?l?m?nts.
Th? ?????? ??t?s ??ck t? th? 14th c?nt??? BC ?n? w?s ???n? in th? w????in? s?????n?in? th? ?i?ht thi?h ?? Kin? T?t’s m?mm?.
It ???t???s ? ??c???t?? ??l? h?n?l? with ? ???n??? kn?? ?? ??ck c??st?l.
It w?s ?nc?s?? in ? ??l? sh??th th?t w?s ??c???t?? with ? ??tt??n ?? lili?s, ???th??s ?n? ? j?ck?l’s h???.
An?th?? s?????t? ??l? ?l??? w?s ???n? ?n??? Kin? T?t’s w????in? ?n th? ????m?n.
I??n ??j?cts w??? ???? ?n? c?nsi????? m??? v?l???l? th?n ??l? ???in? th? B??nz? A?? ?n? w??? m?stl? ??c???tiv?.
This m?? h?v? ???n ??c??s? E???ti?ns ???n? i??n ?i??ic?lt t? w??k with ?s th? m?t?l ????i??s ? v??? hi?h h??t t? ?????.
A?ch???l??ist H?w??? C??t?? ???n? Kin? T?t’s t?m? in 1922 ?n? it w?s l?n? s?s??ct?? th?t th? i??n ?l??? w?s m??? ???m ? m?t???it? ??t ???vi??s ?n?l?sis h?s ???n c?nt??v??si?l.
Th? ?s? ?? ? ???t??l? x-??? ?l????sc?nc? s??ct??m?t?? t? i??nti?? its ?l?m?nts n?w c?n?i?ms th? th????.
Th? ??s???ch??s s?i? th? ?in?in? ???vi??? insi?ht int? th? E???ti?n’s ?s? ?? th? t??m “i??n ?? th? sk?”.
“Th? int????cti?n ?? th? n?w c?m??sit? t??m s????sts th?t th? ?nci?nt E???ti?ns… w??? ?w??? th?t th?s? ???? ch?nks ?? i??n ??ll ???m th? sk? ?l????? in th? thirteenth C. BCE,” th? ??th??s w??t?.
Th? ??l??n s??c??h???s ?? Kin? T?t?nkh?m?n in his ???i?l ch?m???