Four exceptionally preserved Roman swords discovered in dead sea cave in Israel
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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 near the Dead Sea, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. The cache of exceptionally intact artefacts was found about two months ago and tells a story of empire and rebellion, of long-distance conquest and local insurrection.