What You Don’t Know About King Tut’s Space Dagger

In the 1920s, archaeologists discovered that the young pharaoh Tutankhamun was buried with a fancy iron dagger. It wasn’t just fancy because part of it came from outer space; it was also made by artisans in another kingdom and given as a gift. But maybe not to Tut himself.

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