--- title: Dagger Buried With King Tut Made With Iron From Meteorite description: A dagger that was buried alongside King Tutankhamun was made with iron from a meteorite, according to a new study. canonical: https://time.com/4354716/tutankhamun-iron-dagger-meteorite/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-02T09:26:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:20:13.692Z article:section: Science og:title: Dagger Buried With King Tut Made With Iron From Meteorite og:description: The dagger was linked to a meteorite found 150 miles west of Alexandria og:url: https://time.com/4354716/tutankhamun-iron-dagger-meteorite/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9ea4c911a2b340a/698895eca988ca328c6b813b/gettyimages-518539242.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-TUTANKHAMUN og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dagger Buried With King Tut Made With Iron From Meteorite twitter:description: The dagger was linked to a meteorite found 150 miles west of Alexandria twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9ea4c911a2b340a/698895eca988ca328c6b813b/gettyimages-518539242.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dagger Buried With King Tut Was Made With Iron From Meteorite by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Jun 2, 2016 9:26 AM CUT  A picture taken on April 1, 2016, shows the golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun displayed in his burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings, close to Luxor, 500 kms south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. A picture taken on April 1, 2016, shows the golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun displayed in his burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings, close to Luxor, 500 kms south of the Egyptian capital Cairo.Mohamed el-Shahed —AFP/Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Jun 2, 2016 9:26 AM CUT A dagger that was buried alongside King Tutankhamun was made with iron from a meteorite, according to a new study. The iron dagger — which also features a gold handle and a sheath encrusted with jewels — was found in 1925, around 3,200 years after King Tut was mummified and entombed, [reports](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/01/dagger-king-tut-tomb-iron-meteorite-egypt-mummy "undefined") _the Guardian._ After studying the iron, Italian and Egyptian scientists reached the conclusion that it “strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin.” They have linked the metal in question to a meteorite called Kharga, first discovered 150 miles west of Alexandria. \[[_The Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/01/dagger-king-tut-tomb-iron-meteorite-egypt-mummy "undefined")_\]_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4354716/tutankhamun-iron-dagger-meteorite/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4354716/tutankhamun-iron-dagger-meteorite/"},"headline":"Dagger Buried With King Tut Was Made With Iron From Meteorite","datePublished":"2016-06-02T09:26:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:20:13.692Z","description":"It “strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin\"","url":"https://time.com/4354716/tutankhamun-iron-dagger-meteorite/","keywords":["Archaeology","Science topic","Egypt"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9ea4c911a2b340a/698895eca988ca328c6b813b/gettyimages-518539242.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9ea4c911a2b340a/698895eca988ca328c6b813b/gettyimages-518539242.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-TUTANKHAMUN","caption":"EGYPT-ARCHAEOLOGY-TUTANKHAMUN","creditText":"Mohamed el-Shahed —AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/archaeology/","name":"Archaeology"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4354716/tutankhamun-iron-dagger-meteorite/","name":"Dagger Buried With King Tut Was Made With Iron From Meteorite"}}]}] ```