Egyptian King Tut’s burial site has dagger made from meteorite
Q. Iron dagger buried in which Egyptian King’s chamber was made from meteorite?- Published on 03 Jun 16a. Rameses I
b. Rameses II
c. Tutankhamun
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Tutankhamun
An iron dagger buried with Egypt’s King Tutankhamun was made from a meteorite, new research shows. Archaeologists and historians have been fascinated by King Tut’s mummified remains and the mysterious objects found in his tomb since their discovery in the 1922.
- Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (ruled c. 1332—1323 BC in the conventional chronology).
- In the past, scientists have claimed that an iron dagger, found along with a gold blade in King Tut’s tomb, may have come from meteorites. They found its makeup of iron, nickel and cobalt matched other meteorites in a database, and “strongly suggests its meteoritic origin.”
