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France's 'Excalibur' sword vanishes from the stone after 1,300 years (local12.com)

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According to The New York Post, citing a report by The Telegraph, n sword that is regarded as France's "Excalibur" has vanished from its stone. Per the publication, locals in the French town of Rocamadour believed the sword, Durandal, had been lodged in rock for around 1,300 years. A main attraction for the town, the sword could be found stuck in a sheer rock wall about 100 feet off the ground

Authorities in France are working to determine how the sword was taken from the 100 foot sheer rock face.

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[-] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 week ago

I mean humans didn’t just spontaneously develop the ability to climb mountains 500 years ago or something.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Okay let’s start with a sword stuck into the stone. Did that ability spontaneously disappear 500 years ago?

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

No, it disappeared with the rise of technology. We could still stick swords into stone as late as 1850. But after that the mass production systems meant wizards just weren't in demand anymore and the portals to their plane were closed.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

That sucks bro. We basically just put all the wizards out of work

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