<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Crusades | smithsonianmag.com</title><link>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/crusades/</link><description>RSS feed for Crusades</description><atom:link href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/crusades/" rel="self"/><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>This Diver Stumbled Upon a Centuries-Old Sword Beneath the Mediterranean Sea. Years Later, He Found Another One Nearby</title><link>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-diver-stumbled-upon-a-centuries-old-sword-beneath-the-mediterranean-sea-years-later-he-found-another-one-nearby-180988370/</link><description>Shlomi Katzin, who unearthed a 900-year-old sword in 2021, recently discovered a similar artifact jutting out of the seabed off the coast of Israel</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-diver-stumbled-upon-a-centuries-old-sword-beneath-the-mediterranean-sea-years-later-he-found-another-one-nearby-180988370/</guid><enclosure length="174114" type="image/jpeg" url="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/FqX8uZUNh2ZlMpwQdGkW0R3T5mY=/420x240/filters:focal(1024x683:1025x684)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/9f/4d/9f4d0a5f-df2e-459d-aef5-5054d3058e64/img_0003-2048x1365.jpg"/></item></channel></rss>