In the Vrbas River, which flows through the territory of Bosnia and Serbia, at a depth of 11 meters at the bottom of the river, a medieval sword was recently discovered stuck in stone. Divers from RK BUK, a diving and diving club in Banja Luka, found the sword in relatively good condition, despite the amount of time that it was under water.
Amazing find
The historian of the Museum of the Serbian Republic, Janko Vračar, announced that an analysis of the blade was done, he confirmed that the sword was made from about the late 1200s to the first half of the 1400s. According to the Srpska Times, Vrachar noted that the cities of Banja Luka and the Republika Srpska give priority to weapons conservation, which is a rare find in the region.
The stone holding the sword began to crack, and archaeologists removed as much of it as possible around the sword while it was still under water, but the part of the stone raised to the surface will also be checked.
Archaeologist Ivan Panjic, who is also the curator of the Museum of the Republika Srpska, said: "This is the first sword that can be found near the medieval city of Zvecai, so it has twice as much weight for science." How the sword fell into stone, and then to the bottom of the river, scientists still do not know.
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The finding of such an ancient sword is extremely rare in the region. The most recent was found in the Balkans over ninety years ago. The Vrbas River flows at the ruins of a medieval castle in the town of Zvecai, where the ruling Bosnian dynasty of that time lived.
The Tourism Bureau explains that archaeologists believe that the fortress guarding the city was built before the time when, in 1404, the Grand Duke of Bosnia Hrvo Vuccic, according to the plan, ousted the Bosnian King Ostuo from the throne and seated Tvrtko II Kotromanich instead.
After some time, Ostoya regained his throne and married the widow Hrvoi Vukcic. The castle was repeatedly passed from hand to hand before it was destroyed in 1777, and now only a few destroyed walls and part of one tower, as well as a private house remain on its territory.
