Earliest known iron artefacts made from meteorites

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English - August 19, 2013 14:57 - 8 minutes - 7.99 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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Researchers have shown that ancient Egyptian iron beads held at the UCL Petrie Museum were hammered from pieces of meteorites, rather than iron ore. The objects, which trace their origins to outer space, also predate the emergence of iron smelting by two millennia.

Further info:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0813/20082013-iron-artefacts

Press coverage:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10252529/Ancient-Egyptians-made-jewellery-from-meteorites.html
http://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/space/art448077
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/20/ancient-egyptian-beads-museum

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