A weapon forged from a meteor: the Mörigen Arrowhead @TheFallofRome

Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

Slightly over one hundred years ago a number of bronze arrowheads were discovered at the Bronze Age site of Mörigen, in Switzerland. Recent analysis has confirmed that one of those arrowheads is in fact crafted from iron derived from a meteorite.

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A weapon forged from a meteor: the Mörigen Arrowhead