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Israeli diver finds 900-year-old sword, said to be Crusader knight’s weapon
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- codetrotter 5y agoThat’s really cool. It will be interesting to see what the sword looks like after it has been cleaned. I hope it has some kinds of inscriptions or patterns on it!
- rightbyte 5y agoUnless the hilt is in silver the rust surely must have eroded those away? I would like them to put it in a museum as is. That would be a cool item.
- Sosh101 5y agoJeez the Washington Post website is horrible to use on a PC.
- vixen99 5y agoAnd it's paywalled.
- CodeGlitch 5y agohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-58963025?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-58963025?at_med...
- schleck8 5y agoHere is one from 1200 https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muzei_Leventis-Crusader_Sword.jpg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muzei_Leventis-Cru...
- sorokod 5y agoDoesn't look like a western weapon. The handguard would suggest a mainly ceremonial function.
- OscarCunningham 5y agoThis story has me feeling really sceptical. A metal object that survived rust in seawater, not found by someone exploring a wreck but simply lying on the sea floor, and it's an exciting weapon rather than a boring everyday object. Can anyone with more expertise tell me if I'm wrong to be doubtful?
- echelon 5y agoThis sort of discovery happens relatively every few years or so. https://skjalden.com/ancient-sword-found-in-vidostern-sweden/ https://skjalden.com/ancient-sword-found-in-vidostern-sweden... Etc. Almost every couple of years. No idea of they're all legitimate, but it appears there is a distribution of undiscovered discarded swords.
- foxyv 5y agoIf the object is made of one metal only, then it won't corrode as quickly due to a lack of galvanic reaction. In addition, if it can be covered by a thin oxide layer early on then it can be preserved longer. 900 year old iron in seawater isn't unthinkable. In addition, due to the inclusion of carbon into the iron by the smelting process, it is very easy to radiocarbon date up to 50,000 year old objects and verify their true age.
- peanut_worm 5y agoWere swords not an every-day object back then? I would imagine almost anyone with a position of authority back then would own a sword.
- ashtonkem 5y agoIt’s too encrusted for me to tell, but in modern times we’ve ended up classifying western medieval swords by their “Oakeshott Type”. The issue is that most sword names are relatively new; for most of history swords have just been called swords, with various sub-names only cropping up where two major types of sword overlap, and even then not always. So we’ve created a modern classification system to make talking about these things possible. For example, the famous late medieval long sword, which I trained with years ago, was typically just called a two handed sword in most languages; the term “long sword” really only crops up after it fell out of favor. This is particularly problematic because “Zweihander” (two hander) was the historically correct name for a very different sword. https://www.albion-swords.com/articles/oakeshott-typology.htm https://www.albion-swords.com/articles/oakeshott-typology.ht...