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19. Fascinating. People even prior to the Egyptians certainly knew meteorites came from the Heavens...

Sun Dec 10, 2017, 05:11 PM

Dec 2017

...and could be useful if you could figure out how to work it. And they did.

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Dagger in Tutankhamun's tomb was made with iron from a meteorite [View all] malaise Dec 2017 OP

Extraterrestrial? Hey, von Daniken was right dalton99a Dec 2017 #1

Ooo, I love this! Guilded Lilly Dec 2017 #2

Cool--I love stuff like this. panader0 Dec 2017 #3

Scientists believe they knew it "came from the sky" too. Hortensis Dec 2017 #4

Big deal Mosby Dec 2017 #5

Even back then? malaise Dec 2017 #6

Especially back then. Mosby Dec 2017 #7

Love it! Another great paragraph from article suffragette Dec 2017 #8

Meteorite iron does make the best blades. Ligyron Dec 2017 #9

Compared to contemporary materials, it was about the best there was. Thor_MN Dec 2017 #16

Was it Vibranium? Or Adamantium? Initech Dec 2017 #10

Ha malaise Dec 2017 #12

Can't wait for for Dr. Ben Carson to weigh in with his theory. nt oasis Dec 2017 #11

More like a religious decree malaise Dec 2017 #13

Carson thinks it's a skeleton key to the grain silos! KelleyKramer Dec 2017 #28

Carson is the reason medical malpractice insurance is so high. oasis Dec 2017 #29

I see what you have been up to - and I am not surprised Mira Dec 2017 #14

Hahahahahha malaise Dec 2017 #15

I knew the Martians built those pyramids! mcar Dec 2017 #17

This is cool. n/t Calista241 Dec 2017 #18

Ok, but isn't ALL iron from meteorites and meteors? JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #20

Not all of the iron on our planet comes from meteors and meteorites malaise Dec 2017 #23

And that iron (and carbon and silicon and etc) came from somewhere JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #25

OK then - LOL malaise Dec 2017 #27

Great article. Thanks Malaise! ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #21

Hi there malaise Dec 2017 #24

Cool. However, demopilot Dec 2017 #26