King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms

Re:King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms by Aelinsaar on Friday June 03, 2016 @03:39PM (#11832669)

So they didn't even need to have a clue as to its origin for it to be precious, that's interesting. Can you recommend any good reading to become acquainted with the technology of that time period, in that region?

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Re:King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms by benbreen on Friday June 03, 2016 @03:56PM (#11832799)

I was interested to find a book about this as well but came up short. However, these articles might be of interest:

J. Waldbaum, "The coming of iron in the Eastern Mediterranean: thirty years of archaeological and technological research" in The Archaeometallurgy of the Asian Old World (1996).

Thilo Rehren et al, "5,000 years old Egyptian iron beads made from hammered meteoritic iron," Journal of Archaeological Science (2013). Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440313...

One theory about the origins of black stone embedded in the Kaaba in Mecca (whose worship dates back far beyond Islamic times) is that it's also composed of meteoric material.

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Re:King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms by Aelinsaar on Friday June 03, 2016 @04:05PM (#11832843)

Perfect, thanks very much for taking the time to respond so helpfully.

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Re:King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms by Cozumel on Friday June 03, 2016 @04:38PM (#11833100)

This is a good book on it https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ancient-Egyptian-Materials-Technolo... not been able to find a copy online though.

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