An Israeli scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country’s Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusaders. Israel’s Antiquities Authority said Monday the man was on a weekend dive in northern Israel when he spotted a trove of ancient artifacts that included anchors, pottery and a meter-long (yard-long) sword. The…
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A scuba diver in Israel found an ancient sword believed to have been dropped by a Crusader knight (the Crusades lasted from around the years 1095 to 1291). It was Shlomi Katzin who discovered the 900-year-old sword at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea bed off of Carmel Beach. After he found the ancient weapon,. Read more »