Those #RomanSwords from En Gedi got all the headlines (for good reason: an amazing find!) - but have you noticed the shafted #pilum and fantastically preserved wooden and leather #scabbards found there as well? 🙌

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/ancient-weapons-cache-judean-desert-scli-intl-scn/index.html via @CNN

This “#archeology junkie”(that’s a great band name😎) is vibrating w/excitement!
Talk about “salt of the earth”!

Remarkable work…
Requirements to be an #archeologist
* Observant
* Precise
* Fearless
* Obsessed

Anyone who knows, loves or is related to one…will agree.
Some may say, I neglected to pt-out…”Bat-Shit Crazy”!
To them I say…
It’s not a requirement…just a common characteristic.🥸

#GoldenAgeArcheologyIsNow #SaltSwords #DeadSea #romanswords
https://apple.news/AOvGAvkvBQOu7g1WFrXZBPA

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-09-06/ty-article/four-roman-swords-in-almost-perfect-condition-found-in-cave-near-dead-sea/0000018a-66a1-d9af-a7db-6fafe29e0000

The swords, three with their iron blades still in their scabbards, may have been hidden in this remote cliffside crevice by Jewish rebels about 1,900 years ago
#RomanSwords #DeadSea