Artnet

A Metal Detectorist in the U.K. Has Discovered Two Ancient Roman Cavalry Swords Once Used for Fighting on Horseback

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Rare Roman Cavalry Swords And Toys Unearthed Along Hadrian’s Wall

One of the Roman cavalry swords recovered from Vindolanda Vindolanda Charitable Trust Researchers have found a collection of rare artifacts at Vindolanda, a Roman cavalry fort along Hadrian’s wall in ...
Stars and Stripes

4 ‘excellently preserved’ Roman-era swords found in cave near Dead Sea

(Tribune News Service) — Four “excellently preserved” Roman-era swords were found in a cave overlooking the Dead Sea, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday morning. The rare weapons are ...
WLWT

4 Roman swords, exceptionally preserved after 1,900 years, discovered in a Dead Sea cave

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 ...