Israeli diver discovers 900-year-old crusader sword

Subscribe to our channel! Sport diver Shlomi Katzin was diving off the coast of Carmel on Saturday when he surprisingly discovered ancient artefacts on the seabed, including a genuine Crusader sword. Footage from his underwater camera showed ancient stone anchors, metal anchors, ceramic fragments and a sword about 130-centimetre long emerging from the barren seabed. The diver, Shlomi Katzin, handed over the sword to the Israel Antiquities Authority and received a certificate of appreciation for good citizenship. According to Nir Distelfeld, the inspector of the Department of Robbery Prevention at at the Israel Antiquities Authority, the sword was preserved in perfect condition and was made of iron, indicating a 900-year-old origin, a time of knights, armour and swords. The identification of the various finds also showed that the anchorage was already used in the Late Bronze Age, 4,000 years ago. #CrusaderSword #Israel Video ID: 20211018-017 Video on Demand: