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Scuba-diver finds 900-year-old sword from the Crusades under Mediterranean Sea

Nearly 1,000 years ago, a knight sailing to the Holy Land during The Crusades dropped his sword into the Mediterranean Sea.

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Nearly 1,000 years ago, a knight sailing to the Holy Land during The Crusades dropped his sword into the Mediterranean Sea.

Almost a millennium later, a sharp-eyed scuba diver spotted the meter-long blade in a natural cove beneath the waves.

That's the historic backdrop painted by Yaakov Sharvit, director of the Israel Antiquities Authority marine archeology unit, who is doing research on the blade.

The sword is encrusted with shells and marine organisms, but the shape of the hilt and blade was undeniable, even partially hidden beneath the sand and sea life.

Sharvit even believes he may know quite a bit of history about this specific sword, given its location.

"We are assuming that this Crusader knight belonged to the community of knights that were sitting on the Citadel of Atlit – because it's not so far from there," said Sharvit in an interview with Fox News.

Sharvit believes that beneath the shells and stones, the iron sword is likely well preserved.

"Most of it is made of iron, except probably the handle, which usually were made of wood," he said.

Researchers will clean and X-ray the relic. Sharvit hopes they may even discover a name or decoration carved into the sword, which could give more detailed information about the knight who once wielded it.

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