An curved arrow pointing right. In the past few years, Europe and the United States have been returning stolen bronzes from the historical Kingdom of Benin. While today's Benin Bronze casters ...

LAGOS (Reuters) - A British university has postponed the return of more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria after a presidential decree named a royal ruler as the owner and custodian of all returned ...

Excavations in Benin, Nigeria, have uncovered a record of the Kingdom, revealing royal quarters, shrines, and layers from the ...

FILE PHOTO: Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on the return of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria ABUJA (Reuters) - Germany has handed over 20 Benin Bronzes from its museums to Nigeria, German Foreign ...

The Denver Art Museum has formally removed a looted Benin plaque from its collection — the first step toward repatriating a prized relic that the British plundered in West Africa more than a century ...

More than a century after being looted from Nigeria, a set of Benin bronzes are going home. The Benin bronzes — beautiful pieces of art and brutal testimonies of colonial history — are a collection of ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany aims to start returning Benin Bronzes to Nigeria next year, its foreign and culture ministries said, part of a growing trend to return cultural artefacts seized during the ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Victor Ehikhamenor describes his childhood in Benin City, Nigeria, as magical. “My grandfather was a big ...

Archaeological excavation in Benin City, Nigeria, ahead of the construction of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) has ...

ABUJA, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Germany has handed over 20 Benin Bronzes from its museums to Nigeria, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday, making it the latest European country to ...

Left: A bronze plaque with two men holding short bows and swords. Right: A plaque showing a person with a ceremonial sword, musicians with gongs and trumpets at the bottom, and the lower-halves of ...