Israel discovers 1,900-year-old Roman swords near Dead Sea
STORY: Israel discovers 1,900-year-old Roman swords near Dead Sea
DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:37
LOCATION: Jerusalem
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel
2. various of Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) worker showing a shafted pilum and swords at the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel
STORYLINE:
Israeli archaeologists discovered a rare cache of Roman swords dated back about 1,900 years, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said in a statement on Wednesday.
The cache includes four Roman swords in their wooden and leather scabbards, alongside a pilum head, all exceptionally well-preserved, the IAA said.
They were found stashed away in two almost inaccessible crevices of a small cave in the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve near the western shore of the Dead Sea.
Three of the swords are typical Roman spatha with 60 to 65-cm-long blades, while the fourth is a ring-pommel sw
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