Many meteorites amount to a lump of iron/nickel alloy (similar to the Earth's core). Given their symbolic ways, it isn't a surprise that they forged things from them. Recent testing apparently substantiates their use of meteorites:



https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/01/tutankhamuns-blade-made-from-meteorite-study-reveals/



There's actually some really interesting religious rituals attached to meteorites as well. I was just talking about this elsewhere and thought I'd share a few things I came across.[url]https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/05/villagers-worship-meteorite-after-it-crashes-down-to-earth-7604796/[url][url]https://www.dailygrail.com/2017/07/were-meteorites-the-original-gods-worshipped-by-ancient-people-and-the-model-for-the-construction-of-the-pyramids/[url]All of the articles are vastly different from the others, and admittedly I would not cite some of them as sources, but given the general consensus, I thought they would be worth including for context if nothing else. The concept of ancient man worshiping meteorites, and perhaps connecting to it a pyramid shape, is quite interesting. This might also explain a connection to Set, iron, and the "not of this world" concept sometimes discussed in the depictions or understanding of Set.