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