Diver Discovers 900-Year-Old Crusader Sword Off Israel’s Coast

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/diver-finds-crusader-sword-off-israels-coast-180978884/

cor blimey.....

[Duncan Head]

Does look very strange covered in shells!

[Erpingham]

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.

[Mick Hession]

An Ayyubid fleet featured in the siege of Acre too. It does seem rather a strange assertion.

[Jim Webster]

Does look very strange covered in shells!

Looks as if it's made of white chocolate

[Chuck the Grey]

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.