Scientists: Meteorite Beads Oldest Example of Metalwork

New research has confirmed that beads uncovered in 1911 inside an ancient Egyptian tomb were welded from meteoric iron and are the oldest known example of metalworking.

Why did Tutankhamun have a dagger made from a meteorite?, The Independent

Photo: Ancient Bead From Meteorite

Space beads' push back origins of iron working

Smithsonian Insider – Ancient Native American beads traced to otherworldy source: an iron meteorite

Smithsonian Insider – Ancient Native American beads traced to otherworldy source: an iron meteorite

Ancient Egyptian beads are oldest iron objects found, Egyptology

Researchers say ancient Egyptians worked meteoric iron into jewelry

Hornblende Gneiss, Metamorphic Rock, Geology Sample, Norway, Genuine

Why didn't native Americans develop bronze, iron or steel? - Quora

Smithsonian Insider – Ancient Native American beads traced to otherworldy source: an iron meteorite

Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust

Before the Iron Age, Most Iron Came From Space - Atlas Obscura

Archaeological Enigma Resolved: Meteorites Were the Origin of All Things Iron Predating the Iron Age - Archaeology