| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Around 3000 BC, iron was a scarce and precious metal in the Near East.[clarification needed] The earliest known iron artifacts are nine small beads, dated to 3200 BC, from burials in Gerzeh, northern Egypt, that were made from meteoric iron, and shaped by careful hammering.[4] Iron's qualities, in contrast to those of bronze, were not understood.
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