The Asante Empire (also known as the Ashanti Empire) ruled the Gold Coast of West Africa in what is now Ghana for two centuries (1701 to 1901). One of the most powerful symbols of the Asante rulers ...

ANSTO scientists from the Australian Center for Neutron Scattering were members of an interdisciplinary team led by the University of Sydney, who examined six 19th century West African swords, using a ...

The West African Kingdom of Dahomey, which controlled territory in what is now Benin from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth century, is associated with finely crafted iron swords. Scholars ...

The spider-shaped sword ornament was created in Ghana in the 19th century and was passed down in a Texas family for generations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...