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Ancient Egypt began to use iron objects centuries before most of Europe, the metal was still rare and prized Tutankhamun's dagger, for example, was crafted fro
by WhereIsTheTruth 1y ago
Ancient Egypt began to use iron objects centuries before most of Europe, the metal was still rare and prized
Tutankhamun's dagger, for example, was crafted from iron and was probably a diplomatic gift from Mitanni (modern day Syria/Turkey)
Way before your Roman Empire
- card_zero 1y agoExtremely rare meteoric iron, yes. So, not a historically significant iron age. Neat and all, but not a big cultural upheaval, making one dagger.
- fennecfoxy 1y ago>Way before your Roman Empire Lmao the one-sided cucumber measuring going on in this whole comment chain. Like one whole side is interested in talking about the origins of certain _types_ of metalworking and the other is more interested in chest-beating about the technicalities of who did it first.