Well preserved spatha found in Judean Desert

gadunz · Sep 8, 2023

Four 1,900-year-old Roman swords found in Judean Desert, likely from Bar Kochba revolt

Apparently stolen by Jewish rebels, the incredibly well-preserved weapons are ‘an extremely rare find, the likes of which have never been found in Israel’

https://www.timesofisrael.com/four-1900-year-old-roman-swords-discovered-hidden-in-desert-cave/

Evan Wilson · Oct 20, 2023

I think I read about this a while back that these were found in the general area of where the dead sea scrolls were found,with discoveries like this being public and grave robbers and tresure hunters likely wandering these area's looking for loot I wonder how many of historic finding like this may have existed but were found by people that are just looking to make money go undocumented and unreported.

fishface5 · Oct 21, 2023

Oh for sure, although these caves are not something you can reach via a casual stroll so that helps

Triton · Oct 22, 2023

Yes indeed! I saw a short video on it and the cave wasn't something your run of the mill antiquities looter would just stumble upon. It would have been child's play for Indiana Jones of course...

Well preserved spatha found in Judean Desert

gadunz

Four 1,900-year-old Roman swords found in Judean Desert, likely from Bar Kochba revolt​

Apparently stolen by Jewish rebels, the incredibly well-preserved weapons are ‘an extremely rare find, the likes of which have never been found in Israel’​

Evan Wilson

fishface5

Triton

Four 1,900-year-old Roman swords found in Judean Desert, likely from Bar Kochba revolt

Apparently stolen by Jewish rebels, the incredibly well-preserved weapons are ‘an extremely rare find, the likes of which have never been found in Israel’