The University of Haifa said that one of its students “accidentally” discovered a Crusader-era sword off the coast of Dor, an ancient port in northern Israel.

A sword dating to the Crusades spent centuries entombed in sand and barnacles off the Mediterranean coast of Israel, until a university student spotted its hilt jutting from the seabed. Shlomi Katzin, ...

A meter-long sword, roughly dating back to the 12th century CE, has been found by chance off the Carmel Coast, in the area of Dor Beach, the University of Haifa announced on Sunday. The artifact was ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists say a scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country's Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusades. Israel's Antiquities Authority ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient Crusader sword, dated to the 12th century CE, discovered off of Israel The sword was eventually transferred to Elisha ...