Spoils of the Bar Kokhba War recovered

Four Roman swords and a javelin tip, all remarkably well-preserved, have been found in caves beside the Dead Sea in Israel. The Judean Desert Cave Survey team was exploring the cave for the Israel Antiquities Authority. While conducting a meticulous survey of all its surfaces, they were astonished to find swords in an almost inaccessible crevice on the upper level of the cave. Three swords were found with the iron blade still inside their wooden scabbards. Leather strips and wooden and metal finds belonging to the weapons were also found in the crevice. The swords had well-fashioned handles made of wood or metal. The length of the blades of three swords was 60–65 centimetres, identifying them as Roman spathae. The fourth was shorter, a ring-pommel sword with a ca. 45 centimetres long blade. The…

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