In February 1897, an expeditionary force of 1,200 British soldiers and African auxiliaries crossed the moats and ancient mud walls around the city of Benin, in what is today southern Nigeria.

In 1897 most of Benin City, then the capital of an extensive kingdom, was razed by the British. Their trove of looted plaques and sculptures—some of the finest art in Africa—ended up in ...

The Horniman Museum and Gardens in London plans to hand over 72 objects — which notably include a share of sculptures known as Benin bronzes — that were looted from Benin City in southern ...

The ancient city of Benin, the Edo State capital, witnessed an artistic rebirth when some legendary and emerging Nigerian visual artists converged on the red city for a 10-day Benin Art Fair.

Their theft still remains a point of pain for the descendants of those from the ancient Benin kingdom ... the Edo Museum of ...

Thousands of 16th to 18th century metal plaques, sculptures and objects were looted from the ancient Kingdom of Benin and ended ... was launched at an official event at the weekend in Benin City, in ...

The building, set within the ancient moats of the Benin Kingdom ... $20m from sponsors including the state of Edo (where Benin City is located), the German and Nigerian governments, the Gerda ...

In a quiet gallery in Netherlands, a museum staff are carefully wrapping centuries-old Benin Bronzes  in layers of protective ...

Thousands of 16th to 18th century metal plaques, sculptures and objects were looted from the ancient Kingdom of Benin ... event at the weekend in Benin City, in southern Nigeria’s Edo State ...

These sculptures hold cultural significance, as the carvings were stolen when Benin City, which is modern-day ... of life of their ancestors from the ancient Benin kingdom. The return of these ...