Egyptian iron-working: out of this world

Ancient Egypt's oldest iron artefacts were made from meteorite, new research has confirmed. The 9 small, tubular beads were found in graves at Gerzeh, a Pre-Dynastic …

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5,000 years old Egyptian iron beads made from hammered …

Neutron Imaging reveals manufacturing from rolled thin hammered sheet. Combination of methods and results strengthens main argument. The earliest known iron …

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Metal in Egypt

Early iron comes highly likely from meteoric iron. Iron production requires temperatures from 1100-1150 ºC (the same as for copper smelting). Iron objects appear very sporadically since Naqada …

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The meteoric origins of Egypt's first ironwork

The discovery is further evidence that ancient Egyptians knew of iron in its metallic form long before the discovery of smelting iron ore mined from the ground. They seemed to have known that this metal had celestial origins …

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The Ancient Egyptians Had Iron Because They Harvested Fallen Meteors

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 …

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Egyptian iron-working: out of this world

Ancient Egypt's oldest iron artefacts were made from meteorite, new research has confirmed. The 9 small, tubular beads were found in graves at Gerzeh, a Pre-Dynastic cemetery about 70km (43 miles) south of Cairo, in …

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The meteoric origins of Egypt's first ironwork

The discovery is further evidence that ancient Egyptians knew of iron in its metallic form long before the discovery of smelting iron ore mined from the ground. They seemed to …

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Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient …

Interestingly, a large crater produced by a hypervelocity impact of an iron meteorite into southern Egypt was discovered in 2008, and based on nearby archaeology it is estimated to have formed in the last 5,000 years and is a …

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The Egyptian Knowledge Of Metallurgy And Metalworking

Herodotus' account is confirmed by pieces of iron tools embedded in old masonry which were discovered by 19th century Egyptologists in various places. Also, the monuments of Luxor …

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5,000 years old Egyptian iron beads made from hammered meteoritic iron

Neutron Imaging reveals manufacturing from rolled thin hammered sheet. Combination of methods and results strengthens main argument. The earliest known iron …

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2,200-year-old shackles discovered at ancient Egyptian gold mine

Two sets of iron ankle shackles found at an archaeological site in Egypt are revealing the "significant human cost" of gold mining undertaken to fund Ptolemy I's military …

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2,200-year-old shackles discovered at ancient …

Two sets of iron ankle shackles found at an archaeological site in Egypt are revealing the "significant human cost" of gold mining undertaken to fund Ptolemy I's military campaigns, according...

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Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture

Interestingly, a large crater produced by a hypervelocity impact of an iron meteorite into southern Egypt was discovered in 2008, and based on nearby archaeology it is estimated to have …

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Iron

An iron object perhaps dating to the Old Kingdom was found between the stones of the outside of the pyramid of Khufu at Giza and has sometimes been cited as evidence that iron tools were …

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The Egyptian Knowledge Of Metallurgy And …

Herodotus' account is confirmed by pieces of iron tools embedded in old masonry which were discovered by 19th century Egyptologists in various places. Also, the monuments of Luxor (Thebes) and even the tombs around Memphis, dating …

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Iron from the Sky: the Science and Culture of Iron in …

Our project will explore how iron was used across Egypt at different times by examining museum collections to see the different types of objects Egyptians used iron to produce. Evidence of what they thought iron to be will be derived …

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Iron

An iron object perhaps dating to the Old Kingdom was found between the stones of the outside of the pyramid of Khufu at Giza and has sometimes been cited as evidence that iron tools were used to build the pyramids, and Herodotus has …

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Iron from the Sky: the Science and Culture of Iron in Ancient Egypt

Our project will explore how iron was used across Egypt at different times by examining museum collections to see the different types of objects Egyptians used iron to produce. Evidence of …

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The Ancient Egyptians Had Iron Because They Harvested Fallen …

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 …

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