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HAIFA – An amateur diver exploring the shallow waters of the north Israel found a sword that allegedly belonged to a crusader knight 900 years ago.
The one meter long blade was found by diver Shlomi Katzin in the shallow waters of Haifa, in a report published on Tuesday (19/10/2021).
It is thought that the sword, which is now heavily inlaid with marine organisms, reappeared after a shift in the sand.
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The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said after it was cleaned and analyzed, the sword would be put on public display.
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The Crusades, which began in 1095 and lasted for centuries, saw European Christians travel to the Middle East to seek to wrest control of Jerusalem and other parts of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
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