SWORD DUBBED REAL LIFE

Ah, the sword in the stone, the legend of King Arthur, who claimed he was the only person who could pull it out. Or you may be more familiar with it as the 1963 Disney movie The Sword in the Stone than as a story from centuries ago. Or maybe just from the theme park photo op location.

In any case, it's a fairly well-known tale about a sword named Excalibur that became stuck in a stone and could only be freed by King Arthur, who was thus declared the legitimate heir to the British throne. Regardless of its veracity, it is true that a sword that is 700 years old in real life has been dubbed the "real-life Excalibur."

According to reports, the object was found in Bosnia's 150-mile-long Vrbas River while archaeologists were excavating a nearby castle in the city of Zvecaj, bringing the legend to life.

The Sun was informed that the sword was wedged into "a solid rock, so special care was needed when pulling it out" by the curator and archaeologist at the Museum of the Republika Srpska.

The sword was found 36 feet underwater, which is pretty impressive. In the past 90 years, only one other sword of a similar nature has been found in the Balkans.

It is believed to have originated in the fourteenth century. However, experts are not entirely sure how it got stuck in the rock in the first place. Igor Radojicic, the mayor of Banja Luja, a nearby city at the time, tweeted about the discovery along with a picture of it.

He wrote, "After who knows how many centuries, our sword in stone was taken out of Vrbas."

As he considered it, Radojicic added that it might be "eight centuries old," asking, "Who knows what stories [it is] hiding?"

Although none of them particularly merited the title of lord or lady, archaeologists did manage to extract it. However, it has been described as archaeologically significant, so I suppose that's a respectable victory. The medieval nobility that ruled over the nearby village most likely lived in the nearby medieval castle, which was destroyed in 1777.