King Tut's dagger blade made from meteorite, study confirms
The bronze age in that part of the world was around 3300 to 1200BC. Tutankhamen ruled from 1332 to 1323. From that alone we might suppose why a bit of proper iron was more valuable than gold.  (the Hittite secret of iron wasn&#x27;t for another 275 years despite Mika Waltari&#x27;s poignant novel &quot;The Egyptian&quot; which had the Hittites flashing their iron about the court of King Tut)