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Victoria Almansa-Villatoro, Junior Research Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows

 

In ancient Egypt, iron harvested from meteorites was used to create ritual objects associated with royalty and power. An iron dagger from the tomb of King Tutankhamun is one of the oldest Egyptian objects verified to be of meteoritic origin. In this lecture, Almansa-Villatoro discusses Egyptian texts, iconography and religious writings that associate iron with the sky and stars, indicating that ancient Egyptians were aware that meteorites came from space. This knowledge—most likely shared with other ancient civilizations that connected iron and sky in their texts—was lost in modern times, as it was only until the 18th century that meteorites were confirmed to be of extraterrestrial origin.

 

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