This 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Treasure Looked Ordinary, Until Scientists Discovered It Was Made From a Meteorite

This 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Treasure Looked Ordinary, Until Scientists Discovered It Was Made From a Meteorite

Two corroded objects from a Bronze Age treasure in Spain have been identified as containing iron from a meteorite. This finding makes them the first known meteoritic iron artifacts from the Iberian Peninsula. In 1963, archaeologists uncovered the Treasure of Villena, a stunning collection of 66 mostly gold artifacts buried near Alicante, Spain. Among the brilliant gold pieces were a plain bracelet and a small hollow hemisphere, both long conside…