“This diver stumbled upon a centuries-old sword beneath the Mediterranean Sea”
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| The three-foot-long iron sword is covered in sediment and shells. (Yoav Bornstein / University of Haifa) | |
This Diver Stumbled Upon a Centuries-Old Sword Beneath the Mediterranean Sea. Years Later, He Found Another One Nearby |
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| Shlomi Katzin, who unearthed a 900-year-old sword in 2021, recently discovered a similar artifact jutting out of the seabed off the coast of Israel | |
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