The archaeologists said the ancient weapons were believed to have been used during the Bar Kokhba revolt of Jews against the Romans in the second century.
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JERUSALEM Four Roman-era swords, their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave, surfaced in a recent excavation by Israeli archaeologists near the Dead Sea, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday.
The cache of exceptionally intact artefacts, including hilts and scabbards, tells a story of empire and rebellion, of long-distance conquest and insurrection.
Israeli archaeologists have discovered four Roman swords with their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades preserved after 1,900 years.