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Tidal currents uncover ancient anchors, pottery, and most notably, an impressive 900-year-old sword with a three-foot blade which has been preserved in perfect condition, expert says
Though encrusted with marine organisms, one-meter-long blade is preserved in perfect condition, expert says; finder given outstanding citizen award for handing in relic
Muslim forces also used swords similar to the now totally encrusted find, but the Ayyubids and Mamluks didn't arrive by sea, an archaeologist notes
The four-foot-long weapon is encrusted in marine organisms but otherwise in "perfect condition"
Not far off the coast of the village of Atlit in the Mediterranean Sea, near Haifa in Israel, lies the submerged ruins of the ancient Neolithic site of Atlit Yam. The prehistoric settlement, which dates back to the 7th millennium BC