Pharaoh Tutankhamun died when he was only 18 years old.
When Egyptologist Howard Carter and his team found Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings on November 4, 1922, they were surprised to see a huge and exceptionally rare treasure at the site. The pharaoh rests in peace.
At that time, scientists did not yet know that some artifacts were produced with materials from space… space.
The desert crystal is identical to the gemstone on a brooch discovered in King Tut’s tomb.
The origin of desert glass was still a mystery, but now scientists have solved this mystery.
Consequently, scientists now know that the material known as silica glass from the Libyan Desert was formed about 28 million years ago when a meteorite collided with the Earth’s atmosphere and exploded on impact. The impact of this explosion heated the sand beneath the desert to a temperature of about 2,000 degrees Celsius.
This heated form of desert glass and the material was later used to create King Tut’s scarab pin.
No less interesting and beautiful is King Tut’s dagger.
King Tut’s Dagger
Researchers from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Polytechnic University of Milan, and the University of Pisa used X-ray scanning technology to examine the metal composition of the knife. They discovered that the blade preserved very well, little corrosion when buried with its owner, high nickel content with traces of cobalt, and phosphorus.
Scientists determined that the chemicals in the blade came from an extraterrestrial source. In 2000, fragments of the Kharga meteorite were found on the Mars Matrouh plateau in Egypt.
The dagger is said to be one of the most notable treasures extracted from King Tut’s tomb. According to AP.
