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Space jewellery: The Egyptians did it first

Ana Komnenic | August 22, 2013 | 10:00 pm Africa Europe Iron Ore 

Analysis of an ancient Egyptian bead necklace has revealed that the oldest known iron artefact is not made from plain and simple earth iron. The ornamental rocks have a more distant origin: Space. Researchers at the University College of London's...

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