Thursday, June 2, 2016

Dagger Tutankhamun made of extraterrestrial material – NU.nl

Researchers metal mixture of the object analyzed saying that it ‘strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin’ ‘, report foreign media.

The archaeologist Howard Carter found in 1925, two daggers, one of iron and . one with a blade of gold, in the shell of the teenage king, who was mummified more than 3,300 years ago

the iron blade, with a golden handle, the researchers since its discovery by Carter surprised; ironwork was rare in ancient Egypt and the dagger was not corroded.

Cobalt

Italian and Egyptian researchers analyzed the metal with a spectrometer to determine the chemical composition, and found a high nickel and cobalt.

They compared the composition of known meteorites within 2000 kilometers of the Red Sea coast of Egypt, and found similar compounds in a meteorite.

Alexandria

This meteorite, called Kharga, was found at 240 kilometers west of Alexandria, in the port city of Mersa Matruh. In the time of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC, the city was known as Amunia

By:. ANP

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