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Tutankhamen, the Egyptian prince who ascended the throne at a very young age, is renowned for the items that were found in his tomb rather than his administrative capabilities. Adding to that glory is a new finding that his gold-hilted iron dagger was made from a meteorite using a relatively rare forging technique,Historical records show that Tutankhamen, also known as King Tut, was the last ruler of Egypt's 18th dynasty.
Archaeologists believe that back in those days, iron was a symbol of high status in society. From the data available so far, we know that smelting was not very common in the region, anddates back to a few hundred years before the pharaohs became rulers of the unified state. The Iron Age is believed to have begun around 1200 BC, a century after King Tut passed away.
A 2016 research used X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy to study the composition of the material and found high traces of nickel in the principal component iron. While nickel traces in terrestrial iron does not exceed four percent, the 11 percent nickel content in the blade pointed towards the extra-terrestrial origin of the starting material, most likely a meteorite.
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