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Strange Metal from Outer Space Discovered. PHOTO/ SCIENCE ALERT
The researchers discovered that the dull bracelets and rusty hollow hemispheres decorated with gold were not made from metal from underground, but from iron that came from meteorites that fell from the sky.
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This discovery, led by Salvador Rovira-Llorens, former head of conservation at Spain’s National Archaeological Museum, was revealed in a paper in 2024, and shows that the technology and metal processing techniques in Iberia more than 3,000 years ago were much more advanced than we thought.
The Villena Treasure, as the collection of 66 objects made mostly of gold is known, was discovered more than 60 years ago in 1963 in the region now known as Alicante in Spain, and has since been considered one of the most important examples of the art of Bronze Age gold jewelery making in the Iberian Peninsula, and throughout Europe.
Determining the age of this collection is somewhat difficult, thanks to two objects: a small, hollow spherical hemisphere, thought to be part of a scepter or sword hilt; and a single bracelet shaped like a necklace.
Both have what archaeologists describe as a “ferrous” appearance – that is, they appear to be made of iron.
