Nigeria welcomes artefacts dating back to the 1400s, with the historic return of 119 Benin Bronzes from the Netherlands, the ...

The Netherlands has returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell.

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

The Dutch government agreed to return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in February, and the official handover ceremony will take ...

Looting Bid Failed The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has disclosed that ...

The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, has taken custody of 119 repatriated Benin ...

has already received three of the works known as the Benin Bronzes from the Met, and others from the Smithsonian in what it said was repatriation to “right a wrong.” But now the Oba is facing ...

The Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the German government announced they were returning scores of sculptures, plaques and ornaments, known as the Benin Bronzes ...

The name given to the works—“the Benin bronzes”—attests to their significance. Very few of the pieces are made from bronze. Some are carved from ivory; most are cast in brass. But the two ...

Representatives of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have initialled a peace agreement aimed at ending the conflict ...

But in London, the pieces were instantly dubbed “the Benin bronzes”—identifying them with the slightly different alloy of copper and tin used in the traditions most admired by the 19th ...

Nigeria has taken delivery from the Netherlands of 119 pieces of priceless "Benin Bronze" artefacts looted more than 120 ...