The Royal Palace of the Oba of Benin was almost entirely destroyed ... in several of them we found textile workshops. The kingdom was, and still is, a centre of art and craft, from appliqué ...

At first, they lived in small family groups, but gradually these groups developed into a kingdom. This brass figure is believed to be Prince Oranmiyan. Edo legend says that no one in Benin had ...

Nearly 200 years ago, human blood is said to have been incorporated into a ceremonial tomb built within a royal palace complex in what is now Benin ... the West African kingdom of Dahomey ...

While a museum focused on the Kingdom of Dahomey would be highly desirable and beneficial, the site that is currently proposed would cover most of the large Court of the Amazons located between the ...

There are some persons who introduced themselves as children of the palace, and there are others distantly related who may not be exactly from the royal ... son of the Benin Kingdom, and I hope ...

which decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin in what is now modern-day Nigeria. They were looted by the British army during an invasion in 1897 when British troops razed the royal city ...

In the senior category, Mathias Iguma and Friday Eribo secured second and third places, while Famous Ilekhuoba (Orhionmwon ...

The Bronzes, thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings, were seized from the West African kingdom ... would be a "Benin Royal Museum", he said, sited within his palace grounds.