it had remained lodged in a rock for 1,300 years. The Durandal sword appears to have been taken by a thief from its stone in the tiny medieval town of Rocamadour, where it was one of the town’s ...

The Durandal sword, often likened to King Arthur's Excalibur in French lore, has vanished after being lodged in a rock for 1,300 years. Believed to have been wielded by the semi-legendary knight ...