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5,000-Year-Old Meteorite Beads Found in Egypt—Could This Be the Birth of Human Metalwork?

Over 5,000 years ago, ancient Egyptians crafted beads from meteoritic iron—long before iron smelting was invented. Discovered in a cemetery at Gerzeh, these tube-shaped beads are now the oldest known examples of human-worked iron. Confirmed by modern science as made from meteorites, they reveal an early mastery of metalwork and cultural reverence for sky-born materials, marking what may be the true birth of metallurgy.