A study utilizing X-ray fluorescence spectrometry analyzed the composition of a dagger found in King Tutankhamun's tomb. The analysis revealed high nickel and cobalt content in the dagger's iron blade ...

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Tutankhamun, the ancient Egyptian boy-king better known as King Tut, was a pretty cool kid. While most 9-year-olds these days are still trudging through grade school, Tut was beginning his rule of ...

New research shows the metal used to fashion one of King Tutankhamun's daggers may have come from outer space. A team of Egyptian and Italian researchers say the iron blade was forged from a meteorite ...

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Researchers have confirmed that an iron dagger found buried with King Tutankhamun has a composition similar to iron meteorites and was almost certainly created from so-called "meteoric iron." The ...

A Japanese research team has concluded that an iron dagger made of meteorites found in the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was forged at temperatures of about 950 degrees or lower. The ...