With its mathematical layout and earthworks longer than the Great Wall of China, Benin City was one of the best planned cities in the world when London was a place of ‘thievery and murder’. So ...

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 ...

By the late 19th century, the walls of Benin’s royal palace glittered with a mesmerising array of metalwork. ... 1,200 British troops marched on Benin City in 1897. Chaos ensued.

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 ...

The Benin Bronzes are what campaigners really want returned to Benin City and shown in this museum. What do those objects mean to you? It was profound the first time I saw them — and it still is.

All these were done by the Edo people of the Benin city Empire. The wall, for 400 years, served the Edo people, protecting the people, their traditions, and the historical Benin City in general.

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 ...

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 ...

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 the half-man, half-shark ...