Museums worldwide are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Here's why it matters, who's receiving them, and what it means ...

He took his name in honor of Ewuare I, the oba of the Benin Empire from 1440 to 1473 A.D. Speaking at a media briefing in Benin City, now capital of Edo state in Nigeria, ...

The Benin Empire was one of the oldest and most highly developed states in West Africa, dating back to the eleventh century. Benin City, originally known as Edo.

At a ceremony Friday in New York City, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts returned two works of art that were stolen from ...

He also rebuilt Benin City and the royal palace. Oba Ewuare was the first of five great warrior kings. ... After his death in 1601, Benin’s empire gradually shrank in size. Back to top.

In traditional Benin; before the invasions, of Benin Empire, in 1897 by British forces. ... This gave rise to twenty of such moats around Benin City and its environs.

Nigeria received 119 Benin Bronzes from the Netherlands on Tuesday (June 17), marking one of the largest restitutions of ...

But in 1897, the British Empire sent troops on a punitive expedition to punish Benin rebels who retaliated against imperial power. The Empire's soldiers sacked and looted the city, bringing an end ...