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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Upon examination of curatorial archives and purchase history, it became clear the Bronzes were originally stolen violently. “These objects were part of the siege and massacre of 1897 when British ...

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

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 ...