The cache of exceptionally intact artefacts was found about two months ago.
The four Roman-era swords and a javelin head were found during a recent excavation
Researchers, who published the preliminary findings in a newly released book, propose that the arms — four swords and the head of a javelin, known as a pilum — were stashed in the remote cavern by Jewish rebels during an uprising against the Roman Empire in the 130s.The artefacts on display Those Jewish texts, discovered last century, contain the earliest known versions of the Hebrew Bible, as well an assortment of esoteric writings.
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