On a blue and yellow background, the graffiti artist retouches a spray-painted image of the half-man, half-shark statue of King Behanzin, one of the stolen treasures returned to Benin by France ...

Known for its beauty and rich metalworking heritage, Benin City was once the beating heart of the Edo kingdom of Benin. The city – situated in modern-day southern Nigeria – was famed for its ...

THE SACKING of Benin City by a heavily armed expeditionary force in February 1897 was said to be an act of revenge in a bitter trade dispute between Britain and the Kingdom of Benin, east of Lagos ...

The Benin Empire was one of the oldest and most highly developed states in west Africa, dating back to the 11th century. The walls of Benin City and its surrounding kingdom were a man-made marvel ...

With the building, it’s a kind of re-enactment of the palace walls, with these turrets and pavilions appearing behind them, a kind of abstraction of how Benin City would have looked before ...

Research shows that it was four times longer than the Great Wall of China, and the material consumption for the construction of the Benin wall was far greater than the Great Pyramid of Cheops.

This is an important story of a lost old-fashioned city you've probably never heard about. Benin City, originally known as Edo. It was once the capital of a pre-colonial African empire located in ...

Benin City, the capital of the old Benin Kingdom and present day Edo State, is an ancient city struggling with modernity. Relics of its past glory are struggling for prominence with modernity. Mud ...

Back to homepage / Live news Graffiti brings Benin's walls alive with treasures from past Cotonou (AFP) – On a blue and yellow background, the graffiti artist retouches a spray-painted image of ...