The artifact, named the Linschoten Sword, was found in March 2024 during "maintenance dredging activities," the museum said in a press release. RARE 1,200-YEAR-OLD CHRISTIAN CROSS FOUND IN FIELD BY ...

Archaeologists believe the Linschoten Sword was forged to straddle both worlds.

In strict usage, the word describes the Christian military expeditions a millennium ago to capture the Holy Land from Muslims. ... served “to cement the fusion of the cross and the sword. ...

“My candidate isn’t perfect, but he beats the alternative. I feel like my Sephardic ancestors who had to choose between the cross and the sword,” said psychologist Luciana Levy, in a ...

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The wide cross-guard was straight and simple. And the prominent counterbalance on the pommel was shaped like a Brazil nut. All were features iconic of swords made between 1050 and 1150AD.

The wide cross-guard was straight and simple. And the prominent counterbalance on the pommel was shaped like a Brazil nut. All were features iconic of swords made between 1050 and 1150AD.