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Earliest Iron Artifacts
Aug 26th, 2013 at 5:25pm
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Was just reading this in this mornings News and Observer;

"Researchers have learned that ancient Egyptian iron beads now at Britain's University College London's Petrie Museum were hammered from pieces of meteorites, not iron ore. The objects also predate the emergence of iron smelting by two millennia.
  Carefully hammered into thin sheets before being rolled into tubes, the nine beads-which are more than 5000 years old-were originally strung into a necklace together with minerals such as gold and gemstones, revealing the high value of this exotic material in ancient times. The study is published in the Journal of Archaeological Science."
  
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Reply #1 - Aug 29th, 2013 at 9:23am
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Very interesting. Makes me wonder if they knew the iron was different (witnessed event) or they were just experimenting.
  
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Reply #2 - Aug 29th, 2013 at 10:23pm
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I am wondering the same thing, Reb.
I've tried to find the article but no luck yet.
Even if you do find it on the JAS site all they will show you is an abstract unless you are a paid member or willing to purchase the article.

Good question, tho! Wink
  
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Reply #3 - Aug 30th, 2013 at 8:45am
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440313002057

"The shape of the beads was obtained by smithing and rolling, most likely involving multiple cycles of hammering and annealing, and not by the traditional stone-working techniques such as carving or drilling used for the other tubular beads from this tomb."

So now I wonder if these beads were actually traded for or made by the tradesmen of the occupants of the tombs. Something raised the status of the material.
  
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Re: Earliest Iron Artifacts
Reply #4 - Aug 30th, 2013 at 8:53pm
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Thanks for the link, Reb. How'd you do that!?  Smiley
I haven't read it all yet.  Embarrassed
  
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