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France's 'Excalibur' sword vanishes from the stone after 1,300 years

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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Uhg.
It’s not Excalibur. It’s durendal
It was carried by Roland, a paladin of Charlegmane’s court. The sword that was at Rocamdor was a replica (or a fake.
As an incorrigible nerd, I take offense at confusing magic swords like this….
Also. It’s not the only sword in stone. There’s the sword of St. Galgano Italy
- Maybe that's why they used "quotes" around "Excalibur" and mentioned its real name in the article.
  
  Most tone-deaf "Umm actually.." I've ever seen lmao
  Edit: "Excalibur" is obviously a metaphor for "sword in stone"
  
  That's exactly why they did, although I'd argue something like Durendal (France's "Excalibur") would probably be better.
  
  There’s got to be a better headline - the sword’s name and legend looks just as compelling as Excalibur even if not as well known (outside France)
- absolutely.
  
  Yes, Konsi
- Charlemagne
  from Latin magnus -> "Charles the Great"
  
  I believe he was referring to the dude who's appendage was burnt to a crisp. You know, char leg man
They didn't include a picture of Durandal in the whole article.
I never knew that was a cliff face? Unless this isn't the real one.
- Close up
- Saw this article posted somewhere yesterday, and someone there commented that the sword on display is a reproduction. The original sword is in a museum or something.
  
  IT BELONGS IN A... oh, never mind. Carry on.
  
  The original is long lost I think.
- Right? It looks super easy to get off of there. Getting up there and leaving with it might be a different story but physically it doesn’t look like it would take much effort.
So who's the new king of France?
- Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
  
  Looks at the United States government as a citizen
  I'll take my chances.
  
  I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!
  
  To be fair, it would be quite hard to do worse than the entrenched 2-party FPTP + gerrymandered electoral college bullshit system we have now.
  
  Nah, it's an automatic emergency response to the recent election.
- I appears he had a disagreement with the locals and some people lost their heads
- Anything is better than this right wing shit show they just elected?
  
  Elections are this sunday. Nobody's been elected yet.
They should come forward to claim their throne. They are the rightful king of France now.
- I wouldn't necessarily want to claim the throne in a country that once invented a machine for getting rid of kings by getting rid of their heads very efficiently.
  
  to be fair they are moving towards fascism so this is the best time to do it
  
  It was invented to kill in a "more humane manner", not to get rid of kings. That's just a nice side bonus.
The Stone of Tear will never fall, till Callandor is wielded by the Dragon’s hand. The Stone of Tear will never fall, till the People of the Dragon come.
Into the heart he thrusts his sword, into the heart, to hold their hearts. who draws it out shall follow after, What hand can grasp that fearful blade?
- And it was written that no hand but his should wield the Sword held in the Stone, but he did draw it out, like fire in his hand, and his glory did burn the world. Thus did it begin. Thus do we sing his Rebirth. Thus do we sing the beginning.
  
  It just occurred to me that I don't think we ever figured out what the song the tinkers were looking for was.
Here's some pics: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yjf73vy_VRo/T6rqS_Yec_I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/nAKPcFeo87w/s1600/durendal.jpg
https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/embedded-stone-in-Rocamadour.jpg
- It looks like a bank pen, just challenging any wielder to take it.
All hail the new king of France!
- If France was actually cool they could do something very, very funny when he reveals himself.
Was it by Stefano Ghisolfi after climbing Excalibur?

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