"Tutankhamun’s dagger made from meteoric iron" Topic
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Tango01  | 09 Jun 2016 2:59 p.m. PST |
"When Howard Carter opened the sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun and unwrapped the mummy in 1925, three years after his discovery of the tomb, he found 107 objects placed in the linen bandages. One of them was an iron dagger with a gold handle elaborately decorated with cloisonné enamel, gold granulation in geometric patterns and a crystal pommel. Its sheath was made of gold with a lily motif engraved on one side and feathers terminating in a jackal head at the peak of the sheath on the other side. It was found on his right thigh. Iron is very rare in Egyptian tombs. Bronze was the dominant metal in funerary artifacts until the Assyrian Occupation (656-639 B.C.), 600 years after iron production became widespread elsewhere around the Mediterranean. When iron has been found in a funerary context, archaeologists have suspected it was of extra-terrestrial origin. Since it falls from the sky, it would have been seen as a direct gift from the gods. Iron meteorite impact craters have been discovered in Egypt. One found in southern Egypt in 2008 dates to within 5,000 years, so it could well have been a source of godly iron for the ancients…"
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Armand |
| tberry7403 | 09 Jun 2016 3:43 p.m. PST |
"Could it be that Alien Visitors gave the Secret of Iron to the ancient Egyptians?" |
| Mardaddy | 09 Jun 2016 4:47 p.m. PST |
A week ago… TMP link On this exact same board… |
| tberry7403 | 09 Jun 2016 5:15 p.m. PST |
Didn't see the original post. |
| Tango01 | 10 Jun 2016 10:06 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend… (smile) Amicalement
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