JERUSALEM — 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.
Israeli archaeologists show four Roman-era swords and a javelin head found during a recent excavation in a cave near the Dead Sea, Sept. 6 in Jerusalem.
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Four Roman-era swords and a javelin head were found during a recent excavation in a cave near the Dead Sea, in Jerusalem.
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People walk Wednesday in the excavation site of the ancient Roman Emperor Nero's Theater, 1st century AD, in Rome. The ruins of the imperial theater referred to ancient Roman texts but never found, have been discovered under the garden of the future Four Season's Hotel, steps from the Vatican, after excavating the walled garden of the Palazzo della Rovere since 2020, as part of planned renovations on the Renaissance building.
A fresco is seen Wednesday on a wall in the excavation site of the ancient Roman Emperor Nero's Theater, 1st century AD, in Rome.
Archeologists work Wednesday at the excavation site of the ancient Roman Emperor Nero's Theater in Rome. Referred to ancient Roman texts but never found, the theater was discovered under the garden of the future Four Season's Hotel, steps from the Vatican.
People walk Wednesday in the excavation site of the ancient Roman Emperor Nero's Theater in Rome.
A double-faced Junus head, dating approximately to the 1st century A.D., is seen Wednesday among other findings coming from the excavation of ancient Roman Emperor Nero's Theater in Rome.
1st Century AD Roman artifacts coming from the excavation of ancient Roman Emperor Nero's Theater, 1st century AD, are seen Wednesday in Rome.
Medieval artifacts, dated between the 10th and 14th century A.D., coming from the excavation of ancient Roman Emperor Nero's Theater, are seen Wednesday in Rome.
An archeologist shows pieces of bone used to carve Christian rosary beads, approximately dated to the 14th century A.D., that came from the excavation of ancient Roman Emperor Nero's Theater in Rome.
An archeologist shows a medieval glass Wednesday that dates to the 14th century A.D. that came from the excavation of Roman Emperor Nero's Theater in Rome. The ruins were discovered under the garden of the future Four Season's Hotel, steps from the Vatican, after excavating the walled garden of the Palazzo della Rovere since 2020, as part of planned renovations on the Renaissance building.
Archeologists work Wednesday on findings coming from the excavation site of the ancient Roman Emperor Nero's Theater, 1st century AD, in Rome.
