The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed ... of Benin in 2013, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acknowledged that British soldiers had plundered thousands ...

The British Museum says that it has "positive relationships" with the Royal Palace in Benin City and that it remains open to discussions with Nigeria. Ethiopia meanwhile wants the Maqdala ...

Fittingly, the MFA’s announcement cites ethical quandaries around the Benin artifacts. The museum said the means by which Lehman came into possession of many of these objects prompt questions about ...

I spoke with Hicks about contemporary archaeology, the call to dismantle the white infrastructure of world culture ... British Museum, perhaps a hundred of more than 900 objects stolen from Benin ...

WOKE calls to return British Museum’s Benin Bronzes to Nigeria should be rejected, Sir Trevor Philips says. The former equalities czar said the case for sending back 900 brass sculptures was ...

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 ...

Finland has repatriated a ceremonial stool looted by French forces from the Kingdom of Dahomey over a century ago, marking a ...

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Photograph by Franko Khoury / National Museum of African ... removed by the British during an 1897 raid of Benin City in what is now the nation of Nigeria. These artifacts, known as the Benin ...