A scuba diver has found a 900-year-old Crusader sword with a three-foot blade off the coast of Israel.
on the seabed off northern Israel, according to a statement from the Israel Antiquities Authority published Monday.
The sword was found 200 meters from the shore, at a depth of four meters , Koby Sharvit, director of the IAA's Marine Archaeology Unit, told CNN on Tuesday. Koby Sharvit, director of the Marine Archaeology Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority, pictured with the sword.Nir Distelfeld, Inspector for the IAA's Robbery Prevention Unit, said the sword is a rare find that has been preserved in perfect condition.
Sharvit told CNN the sword is well preserved because it was buried in a deep layer of sand, without oxygen.It currently weighs around 5-6 kilograms due to the incrustation of stones and shells, but the sword itself probably weighs 1-2 kilograms , he said. "Our work actually is like a puzzle," Sharvit told CNN, explaining that even small storms can move the sand around and expose new objects.Other artifacts recovered from the site show it was used in the Late Bronze Age, some 4,000 years ago, by ships seeking shelter, Sharvit added."It's very strange to find just one artifact" from the Crusader period, he said, explaining that the sword could have been left following a shipwreck, or a Crusader landing party.
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