The 'dramatic and exciting discovery' tells a story of empire and rebellion, of long-distance conquest and local insurrection.
The cache of exceptionally intact artifacts was found about two months ago and tells a story of empire and rebellion, of long-distance conquest and local insurrection. They were found in a near-inaccessible crevice by a team photographing an ancient inscription on a stalactite, the BBC"This is a dramatic and exciting discovery, touching on a specific moment in time," Eli Escusido, director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, said in a statement.
Israeli archaeologists show four Roman-era swords and a javelin head found during a recent excavation in a cave near the Dead Sea, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sep. 6, 2023. Researchers, who published the preliminary findings in a newly released book, propose that the arms — four swords and the head of a javelin, known as a pilum — were stashed in the remote cavern by Jewish rebels during an uprising against the Roman Empire in the 130s.
The cool, arid and stable climate of the desert caves has allowed exceptional preservation of organic remains, including hundreds of ancient parchment fragments known as theThose Jewish texts, discovered last century and dated to the first centuries BCE and CE, contain the earliest known versions of the Hebrew Bible, as well an assortment of esoteric writings.Archaeologists returned to this particular cave near the desert oasis of Ein Gedi to document an inscription found decades earlier.
"At the back of the cave, in one of the deepest part of it, inside a niche, I was able to retrieve that artifact - the Roman pilum head, which came out almost in mint condition," said Asaf Gayer, an archaeologist with Ariel University. The researchers reported the discovery and then returned with another team to carry out a survey of all the crevices in the cave, when the four swords were uncovered, the BBC reported.
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4 exceptionally preserved Roman swords discovered in a Dead Sea cave in IsraelIsraeli archaeologists have discovered four Roman-era swords with their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave near the Dead Sea.
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4 exceptionally preserved Roman swords discovered in a Dead Sea cave in IsraelIsraeli archaeologists have discovered four Roman-era swords with their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave near the Dead Sea.
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4 exceptionally preserved Roman swords discovered in a Dead Sea cave in IsraelIsraeli archaeologists have discovered four Roman-era swords with their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave near the Dead Sea
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4 exceptionally preserved Roman swords discovered in a Dead Sea cave in IsraelIsraeli archaeologists have discovered four Roman-era swords with their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave near the Dead Sea.
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Four exceptionally preserved Roman swords discovered in Dead Sea caveArchaeologists believe the arms — four swords and the head of a javelin, known as a pilum — were stashed in the remote cavern by Jewish rebels during an uprising against the Roman Empire in the 130s.
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