(ANSAmed) - CAIRO, MAY 26 - The iron in the blade of one of
the knives found with the mummy of Tutankhamun comes from one of
the many meteorites that fell on the Egyptian desert and are
still easy to find today. The life of Tutankhamun continues to
surprise and fascinate Egyptologists. The report will be
published over the coming days by a specialized magazine to wrap
up the workcarried out by a group of international researchers
(from the Polytechnics of Milan and Turin, the University of
Pisa, the Egyptian Museum in Cair, the CNR, the university
Fayoum, the XGlab company).
Ever since his tomb was discovered in 1922 by the Britons Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon, a debate ensued over which type of material was used for one of the two knives on his body.
Experts had clashed on the issue.
Today, the certainty that the blade on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo is meteoritic comes from techniques using fluorescence and X rays, which confirms the composition of that iron in different percentages of nickel and cobalt. Also stressed by scientists was the high quality of the blade's manufacture, confirming the high level reached in the age of Tutankhamun in working iron. (ANSAmed).
Ever since his tomb was discovered in 1922 by the Britons Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon, a debate ensued over which type of material was used for one of the two knives on his body.
Experts had clashed on the issue.
Today, the certainty that the blade on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo is meteoritic comes from techniques using fluorescence and X rays, which confirms the composition of that iron in different percentages of nickel and cobalt. Also stressed by scientists was the high quality of the blade's manufacture, confirming the high level reached in the age of Tutankhamun in working iron. (ANSAmed).
