There's a lacuna in our history because those objects were taken away." The British government has argued that the Benin Bronzes "properly reside" in the British Museum, which has the largest ...

And all this? It will be history. A young boy, Ibi, tells us how they are made using the 'lost wax' process, and why bronze was so important at the time. The people of Benin traded as far away as ...

The German government returned some of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria– 125 years after they were ... that these artworks have now become a significant part of world history and have inspired scholars, ...

The return of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria would mark an extraordinary moment in Africa's post-colonial history, and is a prospect that seems more likely now than at any time since 1897.

The Benin bronzes were taken when the city was looted ... Play fun and educational primary games in science, maths, English, history, geography, art, computing and modern languages.

An curved arrow pointing right. 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 ...

“It was really a turning point in the cultural history of Benin ... from appliqué designers to bronze artisans and weavers. Last January, on an exploratory trip to Benin, Barthélemy ...

Benin Bronzes are exhibited in museums around the world, but the largest collection can be found in the British Museum. While Germany announced the return of the bronzes in its possession, some ...

Some of the 313 manillas excavated by the Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi from a Flemish trader lost in 1524 off Getaria in Basque Country, northern Spain. The ship was chartered by Portuguese ...