The Netherlands has returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell.

In Benin, a 'kataklè' – a ceremonial stool ... by French Colonel Alfred-Amédée Dodds during the sacking of the city of Abomey, after the Second Franco-Dahomean War, taken from the royal ...

IN PERSON: Winter Walk On Chandler Well Fields Trail + Hot Chocolate At The Library (*RR) Saturday, January 18, 10am The Tewksbury Open Space & Recreation ... the ancient Azctec city, while ...

Thousands of these culturally significant sculptures and carvings were stolen during the violent destruction of Benin City, in modern ... of those from the ancient Benin kingdom.

Meanwhile, they were part of the thousands of culturally significant treasures taken during the British invasion and destruction of Benin City ... descendants of the ancient Benin Kingdom.

A new museum in the historic heart of Benin City in Nigeria is opening its first ... The building, set within the ancient moats of the Benin Kingdom, comprises an auditorium, storage, a ...

But an hour’s flight away is Benin City, the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria, which, if whispers in the art world are anything to go by, is hot on Lagos’s heels. Today, Benin City is ...

Lagos has long been Nigeria’s creative pulse, an electrifying, sprawling city home to some of the most exciting and well-regarded fashion, music and artistic talents of recent years. But an hour’s ...