While the Ottoman Empire ruled the Muslim world, the star and crescent ... shown in the middle of the symbol. This sword represents divine knowledge, the power of God, and the divide between ...

A rare sword nicknamed ''Excalibur'' from the Spanish city of Valencia is 1,000 years old, meaning it was last wielded when much of Spain was controlled by Muslim rulers, new research reveals.

A rare artifact from the Iberian Peninsula’s Islamic period, the weapon illustrates the region’s layered history of subjugation. In Arthurian legend, Excalibur is a sword magically lodged in a ...