Two Roman cavalry swords have been discovered by passionate local metal detectorist Glenn Manning in the Cotswolds, England. They are almost 2,000 years old and were found alongside the remnants of ...
About 1,900 years ago, Jewish rebels fighting cruel Roman rule of the Holy Land captured four spatha swords from Roman soldiers. Probably to avoid a severe punishment for their crime, or in hopes of ...
A metal detectorist discovered two 1,800-year-old Roman cavalry swords still protected in remnants of their wooden scabbards, or sheaths in the North Cotswolds, England. Glenn Manning found the ...
Sword and sandal movies depict realistic gladiators, with nods to historical practices of slavery and arena fighting. Many classic epics like Spartacus, Barabbas, and Ben-Hur showcase themes of social ...
What began as an extremely rare discovery of two Roman swords by a metal detectorist has led to an enormous Early-Middle Iron Age find in the Cotswolds in south-west England. Archaeological ...
In the dense forests of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, experts from the INVENTUM Association discovered a nearly 2000-year-old Roman sword. According to Turystyka WP, the find was made in the Northern ...
A cache of “excellently preserved” 1,900-year-old Roman swords have been unearthed in a cave near the Dead Sea by archaeologists in Israel. The swords were likely seized and hidden by rebel Jewish ...
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 ...
Fighting to the death is rarely, if ever, a smart course of action. We prefer a strongly worded email. Or, if necessary, a stern admonishing in person. Once the swords and shields come out, that's ...
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Fifty years ago, Israeli archaeologists discovered an ancient Hebrew inscription on a stalactite in a remote cave in the desert east of Jerusalem, where the land begins to slope down ...
Four Roman-era swords, their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave, surfaced in a recent excavation by Israeli archaeologists ...