The dagger blade of Tutankhamun contains 88 percent iron, 10.8 percent nickel, and 0.6 percent cobalt. This composition is rare, as terrestrial iron items usually contain up to 4 percent nickel.
An curved arrow pointing right. Researchers have discovered that one of the treasures buried with King Tutankhamun – his beautiful dagger – was actually made from iron unique to meteorites ...
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.
Tutankhamun, or King Tut as he is also known, was the last of his dynasty of pharaohs. He ruled as a boy only for a short time. He is most famous because his tomb was discovered almost intact and ...
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