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Technology

Egyptian Pharaoh possessed a space-dagger; research says

King Tutankhamun was a boy pharaoh who ruled ancient Egypt circa 1332 1323 BCE, and had his body hidden away inside his tomb till it was excavated in 1922 alongside his ornamental gold blade. %D%A%D%A
Published January 3, 2017 Updated January 3, 2017 07:38am

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King Tutankhamun was a boy pharaoh who ruled ancient Egypt circa 1332 - 1323 BCE, and had his body hidden away inside his tomb till it was excavated in 1922 alongside his ornamental gold blade.

A team of Italian and Egyptian researchers performed a state-of-the-art X ray analysis of his gold dagger, which turned out to be mostly composed of Iron and partially of nickel and cobalt. Thus, its unique composition indicated that it was built from a celestial body namely: an iron meteorite, making it more or less a space dagger.

The technique employed to analyze the blade is called X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, in which the targeted compounds are excited energetically. The target then re-emits radiation of varying wavelengths dictated by the elements present, allowing the researchers to observe its composition without damaging it whatsoever.

After the rigorous testing it was concluded that the daggers composition was that of an iron meteorite; to make matters more interesting, the researchers also back tracked through the historical records of meteorite impacts within a radius of 2,000 kilometers from the site and narrowed it down to just one, the Kharga meteorite. Found in the year 2000 on a limestone plateau in Mersa Matruh, a seaport west of the city of Alexandria.

The ancient Egyptians must have seen it fall from the sky and break into numerous pieces, before trekking for hundreds of kilometers to recover one of the heavenly debris.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2017

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