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Post by Catsmate on Jun 3, 2016 10:33:28 GMT
OK, it was made from meteoric iron...
The blade was discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1925, still mostly unrusted. This appears to have been down to the high levels of nickel and cobalt in the metal. It also displays a leve of iron working usual for the period (late bronze age/very early iron age) which "suggests a significant mastery of ironworking in Tutankhamun's time"
Or maybe a different origin entirely...
BBC. Guardian. Pictures.
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