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Re:King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms by phreeza on Friday June 03, 2016 @04:49PM (#11833174)
I think Viking swords were made hundreds of years after this, when the basics of iron production were known in most parts of the world?
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Re:King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms by colechristensen on Friday June 03, 2016 @05:35PM (#11833441)
The Vikings were around a little under 2000 years after Tutankhamun.

The Viking swords in question were early examples of steel of some surprising quality. Iron technologies had existed for 1000 years at that point around Europe.

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