[meteorite-list] Tutankhamen's dagger made from meteoritic iron

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Aug 9 14:32:28 2006
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000005E00000A48_at_paulinet.de>

Hi Darren and List,

Darren wrote:

"I ran across this page last night while doing some light browsing
 on the workability of meteoritic iron. It is a fascinating read:"

http://www-geology.ucdavis.edu/~cowen/~GEL115/115CH5.html


This online text states:

Tutankhamen had with him a truly royal weapon: an iron dagger with a
hilt and sheath of gold decorated with rock crystal. The dagger blade
had not rusted in more than 3000 years, and we do not know how it was
forged. A set of 16 small iron chisels was also buried with the king.
This gives some idea of the value of iron at the time.

Darren, I'm going to send you a picture of King Tut's "meteoric"
dagger in a private copy of this mail. I also have a color pic
of one of his pectorals with that scarab made from Libyan Desert
Glass (LDG) if you or anyone should be interested.


Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Wed 09 Aug 2006 02:31:05 PM PDT