Legend says the Durandal sword had been stuck in a French hillside for nearly 1,300 years. When it went missing in June, an investigation to find France’s Excalibur began.
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A Japanese Village Wants Tourists to Come for Heat, Soot and Steel
To lure visitors, residents of Yoshida, famed for its high-quality steel, are inviting tourists to help produce it.
This Treasure Hunter’s Latest Find? A 1,000-Year-Old Viking Sword.
Trevor Penny was magnet fishing in an English waterway near Oxford when he pulled out a rusty sword. Experts say it’s a Viking sword that is probably more than 1,000 years old.
Diver Discovers 900-Year-Old Sword Dating to the Crusades
The sword, recovered off the coast of Israel, most likely belonged to a knight who fell into the sea or lost the weapon in battle, experts said.