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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. LAGOS, Nigeria — "The Benin Monarchy: An Anthology of Benin History" is ...

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 ...

The controversial debates over the founding of Lagos between the Yoruba and Benin, sparked by Oba Ewuare II's claim, have continued unabated A newspaper columnist, Lasisi Olagunju, examined historical ...

Last Friday, the ancient city of Benin was rapped around by red apparels-wearing chiefs, priests, witch doctors and sorcerers on the auspices of the Benin monarch, Omo Nova N’ Edo Ukuakpolokpolo, Oba ...