King Tut had a dagger made from metal of ‘extraterrestrial origin’

[WhiteTara]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/02/king-tut-had-a-dagger-made-from-metal-of-extraterrestrial-origin/

King Tutankhamun, the ancient Egyptian pharaoh, was entombed with a dagger made from metal mined from a meteor, according to a new scientific study.

The iron dagger was discovered within Tutankhamun's sarcophagus, whose famous discovery in Luxor in 1922 prompted a wave of global interest in the history and grandeur of one of the world's oldest civilizations. The young king died at age 19 in the 14th century B.C.

While Bronze Age cultures extensively used copper, bronze, gold and other metals, the advent of iron-smithing hadn't yet happened. The researchers, who published their findings on Tuesday in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, used state-of-the-art X-ray fluorescence spectrometry to analyze the composition of the blade.

Their analysis "strongly suggests" that the blade carried materials of "extraterrestrial origin" and "confirms that ancient Egyptians attributed great value to meteoritic iron for the production of precious objects" and had the ability to sculpt metals found in meteorites into sophisticated objects.

[GaYellowDawg]

1. That's really interesting.

But you know someone's gonna be like:

[WhiteTara]

2. I'll bet that dagger gave him incredible power

since it came from the stars.

[Kelvin Mace]

4. The incredible power to die at 18?

Bummer of a power.

[lunamagica]

7. It may have killed him...who knows?

[Ned Flanders]

11. It came from the stars.

Hail Cthulhu, R'lyeh Rising!

[SCantiGOP]

31. King Tut

phone home.

[awoke_in_2003]

37. He's my favorite honkey. nt

[Kelvin Mace]

12. Don't run with an extra-terrestrial dagger!

You'll put your eye out.

[lunamagica]

34. LOL!

[AtheistCrusader]

30. Evidence suggests he did not recover from a broken leg.

[msanthrope]

5. Damn You!!!!! Seltzer through my nose!!! nt

[Javaman]

18. this meme has been around for a long time...

who is this guy?

[caraher]

21. Google is our friend

I didn't know either...

[shawn703]

33. Yet another reason why the History Channel is a joke, to be honest

[Jesus Malverde]

41. It's a meme from 4chan popular with skeptics....nt

[Octafish]

3. Fascinating!

"The dagger was not the only relic in King Tut’s possession that was rare and unusual; he also possessed a scarab necklace made of silica glass that might have been created by the heat of a meteorite impacting the desert sand and melting it down."

SOURCE: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2016/06/king-tuts-dagger-blade-made-of-meteorite

[sulphurdunn]

22. I think I saw this dagger years ago

at an exhibit from the Cairo Museum. If memory serves that blade was at least a foot long. Not just a ceremonial toy but a serious weapon.

[lagomorph777]

36. I can see the Widmanstätten pattern in the metal.

Very cool!

[Initech]

6. Holy shit, vibranium is real!

[mac56]

15. Admantium!

[csziggy]

16. Naqahdah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_in_Stargate#Naqahdah

After all that was associated with the aliens that created the stargate system and the stargate found in Egypt!

[Mendocino]

8. Not out of the ordinary,

anyone with enough money ($1000+) can buy a modern knife made of meteoric iron. The Inuit of Greenland made regular use of this source until Robert Peary, supposed discoverer of the North Pole, stole the meteors and sold them to museums.

[cemaphonic]

9. Yeah, it's neat that Tut had one

but there are lots of ancient artifacts made from meteoric iron.

[tabasco]

23. Yeah. METEORS! That's the ticket, Got the metal from a meteor.

[Brother Buzz]

19. The Inuits deserve credit for perfecting cold forging

Fuel was at a premium, so they were compelled to worked the iron cold. Thorough trial and error, the learned just how much the could work the iron before it would fracture. Their big breakthrough was when they discovered applying a little judicious heat would relieve stresses so they could continue working it.

[1939]

10. The whole middle east was bombarded with meteors in biblical times

The earth passed thorough the tail of a comet leading to such old testament notices of the destruction of the "seven cities of the plain" and stories of "fire and brimstone".

[jberryhill]

28. Just the middle east?

[1939]

38. Seems to have been ground zero for it.

Other literate societies (China and India) make no special mention of a disaster happening at that time. Yes, meteorites and their remnants are scattered world wide, but this particular one at that time mainly brushed the middle east where the destruction was epic.

[jberryhill]

39. What year?

[1939]

40. Bronze Age

About 2350BC. The writers of the Book of Genesis say that five cities were destroyed in what is now Jordan. Archaeologists have found as many as ten which perished in fire at about that time.

[kracer20]

13. And a condo made of stone-a

From the King Tut song by Steve Martin...

[Stryst]

14. Keen

Can't fight snake cultists without starmetal weapons.
^_^

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Adventurer_%28animated_series%29

[Enthusiast]

17. I believe most of the heavy elements come from "outer space", from exploded stars.

Like your basic cast iron engine block sitting in a junk yard is equally 'extra-terrestrial' to Tut's dagger. Most of the elements can't even form on earth. Please correct me if I'm wrong I just have a passing interest in cosmology.

Not as romantic however.

[sakabatou]

20. Anything past iron comes from an exploding star

[Enthusiast]

35. It's sort of awesome when you think about it.

[LuckyTheDog]

24. OMG, OMG, OMG!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

25. Cue the Theremin.

I haven't seen this in a while. I think I'll check out the DVD from the library.

[1StrongBlackMan]

26. Oh ... I was kind of hoping the metal was of a composition, not found on Earth! ...

They could name it "Tutaniamum"!

[notadmblnd]

27. Perhaps they looked at it from the perspective of- what falls from the sky is a gift from the Gods

in the heavens?

[Orrex]

29. Very cool.

[redstateblues]

32. someone's been watching Ancient Aliens