A crusader sword was found at the bottom of the Mediterranean. He lay there for 900 years

The discovered sword is made of iron, has a length of about one meter, and the handle measures 30 cm.

"The sword has been preserved

in almost perfect condition.It is a beautiful and rare find and apparently once belonged to a crusader knight,” Nir Distelfeld, an inspector with the Israel Antiquities Authority's looting department, said in a statement.

Near the site where the sword was discovered, Katsin also stumbled upon stone and metal anchors and fragments of pottery.

Previous archaeological finds in the areaproved the hypothesis of historians that this bay was used as a natural anchorage for ships seeking refuge, and has been used since the late Bronze Age - 4000 years ago.

Katsin was awarded a certificate for beingprovided the find to the IAA (and for not putting the medieval blade on his personal regiment of trophies). According to the IAA, after careful examination, the sword will be on public display.

The crusades lasted from about 1095 to 1291year. During this time, many European knights traveled to the Holy Land as part of a church-sanctioned campaign to reclaim territory from Muslim rulers.

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