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 ...

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 ...

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and his family arrived in Nigeria to celebrate the New Year with the Esama Of Benin Kingdom, Sir (Dr.) ...

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 ...

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.