Meteoric Iron Shines in Bronze Age Iberian Hoard
TL;DR
Archaeologists studying the 3,000-year-old Treasure of Villena in Spain identified two iron items made from meteoritic iron, marking the first known use of space-derived metal in the Iberian Peninsula and suggesting Bronze Age elites prized a rare meteorite material before terrestrial iron became widespread.
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