Attempts to Destroy the Dagger blade of King Tutankhamun

Attempts to Destroy the Dagger blade of King Tutankhamun

Dr. Ayman Waziry

Prof. of Egyptology and Archaeology, Vice Chairman of Board of Directors of Egyptian Archaeological Association

Dr. Madian Hamed

Ass. Lecturer of Restoration Dept. – Faculty of Archeology- Fayoum University

The dagger blade of King Tutankhamun Suffered from some of attempts to destroy by Non-Specialists in the impact field of materials and metals analysis. Antiquities and Relic material should not be exposed of the irradiation effects or to the atomic wipe or to Spectroscopic Techniques that used only for the purposes of pre-maintenance, restoration and treatment of the Antiquities and Relic material. In order to be accurate results must be used more than non-destructive technique or Stimulating and Catalytic for Physical reactions. From a scientific point of view the results does not reflect or not express to be a comprehensive study that it does not depend on the overall analysis of the dagger blade, but was confined and limited to the outer shell or the outer crust. So, what about the Core? Therefore, the study marred by decreases and holes and it should not be done in order to preserve this unique dagger blade of King Tutankhamun which incur of suffering. It is well known – only- to the specialists in the field of restoration and to skilled chemists that iron, cobalt and sulfur in the synthesis of meteoric iron are of the Transition Metals and that it stimulate the reactions that lead to the damage the Relic materials and Antiquities, particularly the Oxidation factor. The action of interfering or the process of being interfered with ions are being as destructive reactions and withering for itself and others of components, particularly the Fe(11)ion, Fe(111)ion, CO(11)ion,  and  S(11)ion. Certainly and inevitably, it will lead to enter or step inside of these transition metals in resuming Oxidation reactions. Which inevitably leads to damage sooner or later, in fact betimes. So, who will bear the responsibility of the damage???