"It wasn't until the excavation director, Eli Shukron, arrived at the sifting location and saw the fragment that I realized it was something significant. He was very excited and instantly recognized it as part of the same sword he had found over a decade ago. He even identified remnants of the leather scabbard that had covered the blade," [Ben] Mazuz added.I noted the 2011 discovery of the larger fragment of the sword here, with more on it here.
I also noted the current excavation of that drainage channel here. The new sword fragment had not yet been found, or at least the excavators hadn't realized they had found it.
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