Among the treasures discovered in King Tut’s tomb is an elaborate pectoral with a central scarab carved from a canary-yellow material called Libyan Desert glass. Found in the sand dunes of Egypt’s western desert, the glass was formed about 29 million years ago by a meteorite strike [1298×2384]
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[https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2019/05/19/gemstone-found-in-king-tuts-tomb-formed-when-a-meteor-collided-with-earth/](https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2019/05/19/gemstone-found-in-king-tuts-tomb-formed-when-a-meteor-collided-with-earth/)
[https://archaeology.org/issues/september-october-2019/digs-discoveries/trenches-egypt-tut-desert-glass/](https://archaeology.org/issues/september-october-2019/digs-discoveries/trenches-egypt-tut-desert-glass/)
[https://www.livescience.com/65503-glass-egypt-desert-meteorite-impact.html](https://www.livescience.com/65503-glass-egypt-desert-meteorite-impact.html)
Along with the meteoric iron dagger he had, plenty of fodder for people who want to believe in the Space Pharaoh alien silliness.
Given that King Tut was only like 18 years old when he died you gotta wonder what kinda crazy stuff was originally in the other tombs if they were putting something like this in his.