In an excerpt from his new book, Barnaby Phillips visits contemporary casters who are still making bronzes using ancient techniques. Craftsman finishing polishing the last details of a bronze ...

Stolen during the colonial era, dozens of Benin bronzes once decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin. – Copyright POOL/AFP SONNY TUMBELAKA Nigeria’s ...

Today, the Benin empire is now a lost and forgotten medieval city. It was by far one of the most ancient and highly developed places in the 11th century in West Africa. It is now located in the ...

Partial survey of Benin and Ishan earthworks reveals much about the history and expansion of farmlands in these southern Nigerian forests in the Late Iron Age. The survey draws upon oral tradition and ...

Germany has returned 22 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria as part of a larger effort by Western nations to seek reparation of stolen artifacts from Africa. The Benin Bronzes are sculptures and plaques looted ...