The Benin Bronzes are a collection of thousands of metal plaques and ... These items include gold and silver artefacts such as a sword of state, gold peace pipe, ceremonial cap, and gold badges worn ...

To exhibit the works, known as Benin Bronzes, the museum created a gallery that included information about the looting and invited the kingdom’s royal leader, the oba, to the opening.

The objects in question are known as Benin Bronzes, flashpoints in a broader conversation on the ethics of collecting and displaying objects taken during the colonial era. Some of the objects in ...

Thank you for your editorial on the Benin bronzes (“At the Museum of Fine Arts, a chance for justice,” April 27). However, calling for the repatriation of the plundered artworks to Nigeria ...

Because many of the sculptures had been originally plundered in a bloody British raid in 1897, the MFA subsequently sought a deal to transfer title to the Kingdom of Benin in exchange for a long ...

But now, Lehman has requested these artworks be returned to him. “Unfortunately, we were not able to make progress on a mutually agreeable resolution for our gallery of Benin bronzes,” said MFA ...

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Benin Bronzes: Thousands of historic bronze castings were looted from the palaces of Benin, now part of Nigeria, by British forces in 1897. The looting was supposed to be a formal punishment ...

An ancient Bronze Age settlement was recently uncovered by archaeologists in the United Kingdom while a highway was being built. The Suffolk City Council described the site as a “Late Bronze Age ...

The House of Representatives has urged the federal government to urgently engage the Republic of Benin over the blockade of the Tabera border in Baruten local government area of Kwara State.