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The Oba’s Palace was adorned with masterpieces of bronze works, ivory and wood, carvings as a means of materialising their history. By the 12th Century Benin, craftsmen had achieved such ...

Thousands of sculptures and carvings were taken during the destruction of Benin City in present-day Nigeria Germany has agreed to return to Nigeria priceless artefacts that were stolen during the ...

These sculptures hold cultural significance, as the carvings were stolen when Benin City, which is modern-day Nigeria’s Edo state was destroyed in 1897. Museums all over the Netherlands were ...

He added that Benin wood carving, bronze casting and metal smelting techniques were ancient traditions, which have transcended generations. These, he said, have continued to fascinate and amaze ...

The artworks on offer, unveiled in Benin City in a ceremony attended by a member of the royal court, include a 2-metre-by-2-metre bronze plaque with carvings representing historical events in ...

The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The collector who owned them took them back instead. By Colin Moynihan and Tom ...

The term Benin Bronzes refers to thousands of metal sculptures, plaques and carvings made between the 15th and 19th Centuries and looted by British troops in 1897 from the West African kingdom of ...