Israeli researchers find 'four 1,900-year-old, excellently preserved' Roman swords in Dead Sea cave

The Israeli Antiquities Authority says researchers inspecting a cave near in the Dead Sea have found ancient Roman swords and a javelin head that have been well-preserved.

"The hiding of the swords and the pilum in deep cracks in the isolated cave north of Ein Gedi, hints that the weapons were taken as booty from Roman soldiers or from the battlefield, and purposely hidden by the Judean rebels for reuse," Eitan Klein, a director with the Judean Desert Survey Project, said in a statement released by the Israeli Antiquities Authority.  Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.

"Obviously, the rebels did not want to be caught by the Roman authorities carrying these weapons. We are just beginning the research on the cave and the weapon cache discovered in it, aiming to try to find out who owned the swords, and where, when, and by whom they were manufactured," he added. "We will try to pinpoint the historical event that led to the caching of these weapons in the cave and determine whether it was at the time of the Bar Kokhba Revolt in 132-135 CE."