A sword believed to have belonged to a crusader who sailed to the Holy Land almost a millennium ago has been recovered from the Mediterranean seabed, thanks to an eagle-eyed amateur diver, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Monday, Oct. 18.
Though encrusted with marine organisms, the meter-long blade, hilt, and handle were distinctive enough to notice after undercurrents apparently shifted sands that had concealed it.
