https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/diver-finds-crusader-sword-off-israels-coast-180978884/
cor blimey.....
Does look very strange covered in shells!
Be interesting to see an X-ray.
According to Sharvit, the fact that the sword was found more than 600 feet from the coast suggests it was a Crusader's weapon. Muslim forces built fortifications along the coast as defenses against arriving Christian forces but didn't travel by sea themselves.
An interesting idea. I'm sure the Mamluks had a fleet, if not a permanent one.
An Ayyubid fleet featured in the siege of Acre too. It does seem rather a strange assertion.
Quote from: Duncan Head on Oct 18, 2021, 08:50 PM
Does look very strange covered in shells!
Looks as if it's made of white chocolate
Quote from: Mick Hession on Oct 19, 2021, 09:29 AM
An Ayyubid fleet featured in the siege of Acre too. It does seem rather a strange assertion.
Even with my limited knowledge of the era, I thought the assertion strange.