via Space.com
"The weapon, now on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, was described in 1925 by Howard Carter, who three years before had discovered the treasure-packed tomb, as "a highly ornamented gold dagger with crystal knob."
Made of non-rusted, homogeneous metal, the finely manufactured blade features a decorated gold handle. It is completed by a gold sheath garnished with a floral lily motif on one side and with a feathers pattern on the other side, terminating with a jackal's head.
Now dramatic technological improvements have allowed the researchers to determine the composition of the blade.
'Meteoric iron is clearly indicated by the presence of a high percentages of nickel,' main author Daniela Comelli, at the department of Physics of Milan Polytechnic, told Discovery News..."
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