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Tut’s gem hints at space impact?

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Tut’s gem hints at space impact?

In 1996 in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Italian mineralogist Vincenzo de Michele spotted an unusual yellow-green gem in the middle of one of Tutankhamun’s necklaces...

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