An ancient sword known as the French version of King Arthur’s legendary “Excalibur” has mysteriously vanished from the town where, according to local lore, it had remained lodged in a rock for 1,300 ...

The French town of Rocamadour was partly known for a centuries-old sword embedded in a cliff wall 100 feet off a riverbank. The 1,250-year-old Durandal sword disappeared recently, believed to be ...