The Benin Bronzes, taken from what is now Nigeria, have become a symbol in the effort to return looted artifacts to their ...

Our treasure, our asset is the cultural heritage of the past inhabitants which depicts the African ideas, philosophy and psychology as an African man, Nigeria in particular. It has a great cultural ...

Western museums are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, but a state-of-the-art museum to display them is still a long way ...

A one-foot-wide bronze mask dating to around 1100 b.c. emerges from beneath a bronze vessel containing cowrie shells during recent excavations at the site of Sanxingdui in China’s Sichuan Province.

Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Edo people of the Kingdom of Benin, which controlled territory on the west coast of Africa that is now part of Nigeria, produced thousands of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The red rammed-earth walls of the new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) in Benin City, southern Nigeria, echo ...

European defense company KNDS has formally unveiled its new Leopard 2A8 main battle tank, which will be deployed with German forces in Lithuania as the continent steps up its presence on NATO's ...

Pune: Fear has gripped residents of the sprawling Sindh Cooperative Housing Society in the upscale Aundh area, after a leopard was spotted on the premises of RBI Colony next door around 4am on Sunday.

Using long iron tongs, Victor Uinmwen Aduwe and Matthew Mathias pick a blazing pot from a fire and pour a thick golden liquid into a partly buried mould, using a centuries-old technique that still ...

In 1897, the Benin kingdom, which was well-known for its rich cultural heritage and artefacts, was invaded by British soldiers in what is now known as the Benin invasion. Thousands of bronze castings ...

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A tourist looks at bronze art pieces on display for sale in a shop on Igun Street, in Benin City on 10 November 2025. Picture: AFP BENIN CITY - Using long iron tongs, Victor Uinmwen Aduwe and Matthew ...