The swords date back to the Bar Kokhba revolt, which lasted from 132 to 135 C.E., during which Jews living under Roman rule in Judea staged a rebellion led by a man named Simon Bar Kokhba.

Four Roman swords and the head of a javelin known as a “pilum” were discovered by Israeli archeologists inside a remote cave near the Dead Sea, in an area that was known as a hideout of Jewish ...

Four stunningly preserved Roman-era swords—preserved for almost 2,000 years in their wood and leather scabbards—have been discovered in a cave near the Dead Sea, the Israel Antiquities ...

Roman swords discovered in Dead Sea cave 1,900 years after Jewish rebellion. A team of experts visited the cave to inspect an ancient Hebrew inscription but stumbled across a remarkable set of ...

Archaeologists discovered four well-preserved Roman swords that were likely hidden in a cave in Israel during a revolt. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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.

Of them, three were identified as Roman spatha swords, with blades measuring 60-64 cm in length, and one was determined to be a ring-pommel sword, with a short 45 cm blade.

Archaeologists have found four Roman swords and a shafted weapon known as a pilum dating from 1,900 years ago in a cave near the shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. The rare cache of weapons was ...

A cache of ancient weapons from the Roman period has been discovered hidden in a remote cave in Israel. The cache includes four exceptionally well-preserved Roman swords from 1,900 years ago, the ...

A sensational find in the Judean Desert: a cache of four 1,900-year-old, excellently preserved Roman swords and a shafted weapon were discovered in a crevice in a cave in the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve.

‘Excellently preserved’ cache of Roman swords used 1,900 years ago found in Dead Sea cave ‘Finding a single sword is rare – so four? We rubbed our eyes to believe it’ ...