Ua alakaʻi nā kānaka ʻepekema Iapana i kahi scan X-ray o ka pahi i loaʻa ma ka hale kupapaʻu o Tutankhamun e hoʻoholo ai pehea i hana ʻia ai kēia mea, nona ka metala - e like me ka mea i hōʻoia ʻia i ka makahiki 2016 - ua loaʻa mai kahi meteorite. Wahi a ka noiʻi hou, ua hana ʻia ka pahi e ka hoʻoheheʻe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, akā ʻaʻole i hana ʻia ma ʻAigupita. Ua paʻi ʻia ka ʻatikala a ka poʻe ʻepekema ma ka puke pai Meteoritics & Planetary Science. Ua ʻike ʻia ka pahi kaua 35-centimeter e ka poʻe kālaihonua ma ke keʻena kanu o Tutankhamun ma ke awāwa o nā aliʻi i nā makahiki 1920, ma waena o nā waiwai ʻē aʻe i kanu ʻia me ka pharaoh. He metala kona maka, aka, ua pihoihoi na kanaka epekema no ka hoomaka ana o ka Iron Age i hookahi keneturi ma hope o ka make ana o Tutankhamun, a ua pili ole ka maka i ka pala.
Me ka liʻiliʻi, ua hoʻoholo ka poʻe noiʻi i nā mea hao ma mua o ka hoʻohana nui ʻana o ka ʻike pili o ka metallurgy i hana ʻia mai ka hao meteorite - nā ʻāpana metala i hāʻule mai ka lewa a hana ʻia ma ka Honua. Ua waiwai nui ia mau mea ma ʻAigupita a ma waho. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi noiʻi mai 2016 i ke kumu meteorite o ka metala dagger, akā mau nā nīnau e pili ana i ka ʻenehana o kāna hana ʻana. Ua aʻo ka poʻe noiʻi i ke ʻano o ka lau ma kahi pae microscopic me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka X-ray fluorescence analysis a loaʻa ka hao, nickel, manganese a me ka cobalt. Loaʻa ka Sulfur, chlorine, calcium a me ka zinc ma nā wahi ʻeleʻele ma ka maka. ʻAʻole i emi iki ka hoihoi ma mua o ka hele ʻana o kekahi mau mea kemika i kā lākou māhele ʻana, i hōʻike ʻia ua hana ʻia ka pahi me ka octahedrite, nona ka papa hana maʻamau o nā meteorites hao. Ua ʻeli ka poʻe kālaihonua i nā wahi neoneo o ke kula kahiko loa o Kina, mai ka kenekulia 4 BC. "Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā wahi ʻeleʻele liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻili o ka pahi," wahi a Tomoko Arai o ka Chiba Institute of Technology ma Iapana, kekahi o nā mea kākau. "I ka wā mua, manaʻo mākou he ʻōpala." Akā ʻo ia ka mea he hao sulfides, ka mea maʻamau i ʻike ʻia e like me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā meteorites hao octahedral. ” ma lalo o 950 ° C.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole i wehewehe ʻia ka loiloi kemika i ke kumu o ka pahi, ua lanakila ka poʻe ʻepekema me nā papa 3,400 mau makahiki i kapa ʻia ʻo Amarna Archives, e kākau ana i ka hana diplomatic ma ʻAigupita kahiko i ka waena o ke kenekulia 14 BC. - e hoʻomaopopo i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o kahi pahi i loko o ka pā gula - ʻike ʻia he mea ʻokoʻa i kēlā manawa - ua hāʻawi ʻia iā Amenhotep III, ke kupuna kāne o Tutankhamun, e ke aliʻi o Mitani, i ka wā i mare ai ka pharaoh i kāna kaikamahine. No laila, ʻo ka pahi kaua a Tutankhamun he hoʻoilina ʻohana i loaʻa i makana mai nā ʻāina ʻē. Ua hōʻike pū ʻia ka hōʻike kikoʻī i nā pōhaku makamae i loko o ka ʻau o ka pahi i hoʻohana nui ʻia ma Mitania, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻohana ʻia i kēlā manawa ma ʻAigupita ponoʻī.
ʻAʻole ʻo ka pahi ka mea wale nō ma ka hale kupapaʻu o Tutankhamun i hana ʻia me kēia metala. He lei hoʻi ka pharaoh me nā scarabs o ka quartz i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia - ua ʻike ʻia kēia mea ma muli o ka hāʻule ʻana o kekahi meteorite ma ka wao nahele Libya.
Kiʻi: ʻO ka pahi i loaʻa ma ka hale kupapaʻu o Tutankhamun. T. Matsui et al. / Meteoritics & Planetary Science
