Does A Dagger Made From #Meteorite Prove That #Aliens Built #Egypt?

[thomhartmann]

[Press Virginia]

1. No. It proves something fell from the sky and was probably worshipped in some way

[Warren Stupidity]

2. Or a good source of iron?

[hobbit709]

3. They knew that meteorites were rich in iron.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. No. Even Inuit used meteorites to make iron tools. Peary stole 1 & sold it for $50000 ($5 meg today)

[Peachhead22]

5. Why would aliens make stuff out of a meteorite?

If they had the technology to get here presumably they'ld have better materials to make stuff. #OccamsRazor

[MynameisBlarney]

10. Yup.

Like a ninja sword!
Those are way moar cooler than a stupid dagger!

[Surya Gayatri]

6. What's with the silly extra-terrestrial theories, Thom?

Makes you sound like a complete kook. Don't know how to google?

The Ancient Egyptians Had Iron Because They Harvested Fallen Meteors

Modern chemical analysis confirms that ancient Egyptians used iron from meteorites


This ancient Egyptian iron bead dates back to roughly 3300 BC. Photo: The Open University / The University of Manchester

To the ancient Egyptians, iron was known as the “metal of heaven,” says the University College London. “In the hieroglyphic language of the ancient Egyptians it was pronounced ba-en-pet, meaning either stone or metal of Heaven.” For thousands of years before they learned to smelt iron ore, Egyptians were crafting beads and trinkets from it, harvesting the metal from fallen meteorites. The rarity of the metal gave it a special place in Egyptian society, says Nature: “Iron was very strongly associated with royalty and power.”

For the past century, researchers have been locked in debate over whether the iron in a set of 5,000 year-old beads, dating back to ancient Egypt, came from a meteorite or was crafted as the byproduct of accidental smelting. A new study, says Nature, has confirmed that the iron beads hail from the heavens. The beads contain high concentrations of nickel and show a distinct crystal structure known as a Widmanstätten pattern, says New Scientist, both evidence that the iron came from a meteor.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-ancient-egyptians-had-iron-because-they-harvested-fallen-meteors-86153874/?no-ist

[uhnope]

7. poor Hartmann. Been in slow meltdown since he sold out to RT

[Surya Gayatri]

8. And, some people around here think he's the second coming, just because he's a Berner.

[MynameisBlarney]

9. Uuuh....no

It proves they made a dagger from the ore in a meteorite.

[L. Coyote]

11. What an intellectual flake. "Nobody really knew ttbomy" just menas you don't know crap.

That does not imply everyone else is equally stupid. Time to go back to school Thom. Or at least do some research, fcs!

[Dr Hobbitstein]

12. Once again proving how little credibility this man has. nt