Nigeria is expected to receive over 100 Benin Bronze artifacts that were stolen during British imperialism, in an effort to redress the colonialism that robbed the country of much of its cultural ...

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 appreciate repatriation efforts ...

Many were stolen from what is now Nigeria during the British Army’s 1897 raid on the ancient Kingdom of Benin. A spokeswoman for the Smithsonian, Linda St. Thomas, said most of the 39 pieces ...

The Benin Bronzes are indispensable to Nigeria. It is good that they are going back," Bruins said. The so-called Benin Bronzes were stolen from Nigeria's Kingdom of Benin by British soldiers in 1897.

The artifacts include 12 brass plaques that are part of a genre known as the “Benin bronzes.” These bronze sculptures were created from at least the 16th century to decorate the royal court in ...

Nigeria has taken delivery from the Netherlands of 119 pieces of priceless "Benin Bronze" artefacts looted more than 120 years ago, the country's museum commission and the Dutch embassy said ...

Germany is set to sign an agreement in Nigeria that paves the way for the return of important sculptures known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa in the late 19th century.

Nigeria’s famed Benin bronzes — artefacts stolen during British colonial rule and scattered across the globe — have a new online archive that aims to become a digital record of the treasures.

Germany is set to sign an agreement with Nigeria that paves the way for the return of important sculptures known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa in the late 19th century.

The Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., in a watershed moment, agreed in March to return its collection of 39 Benin Kingdom Court Style artworks to Nigeria — a move that could propel other American ...

An online archive bringing together information on thousands of Benin Bronze artefacts in museums around the world is expected to go live at the end of next year, one of the organisers said on Friday.