The terracotta and iron Commemorative Head from the 16th or 17th century and a 16th–century bronze Relief Plaque Showing Two ...

Leaders from the Museum of Fine Arts presented the historic pieces, looted in a 19th century raid, to Nigerian officials in ...

The kingdom’s artistic treasures—bronze plaques, ivory tusks, commemorative heads, and royal regalia—were pillaged in one of ...

From his early achievements in parliamentary reform to his role in recovering national artefacts and articulating a vision ...

The Netherlands’ return of 119 artifacts is the largest single repatriation to date as Nigeria continues to stress for the ...

The artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes and mostly housed in a museum in the city of Leiden, were looted in the late 19th century by British soldiers. In recent years, museums across Europe and ...

Netherlands on Saturday officially handed over 119 looted artifacts, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell, to Nigeria. The artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes and ...

Nigeria has taken delivery from the Netherlands of 119 pieces of priceless "Benin Bronze" artefacts looted more than 120 years ago, the country's museum commission and the Dutch embassy said ...

Five Benin Bronzes that were donated by Lehman remain in the museum’s collection, including a pendant showing an oba and two dignitaries. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Robert Owen Lehman Collection.

The return of the Benin Bronzes, looted by British colonial forces in 1897, has become a rallying cry for Nigeria’s cultural restitution movement. Despite promises from Western institutions to ...

Some of the Benin Bronzes in a museum exhibit. Photo Credit Flickr archieflickers The Netherlands have officially signed a transfer agreement to give back their Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. On Thursday, ...

The Netherlands is returning 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, marking one of the largest repatriations of the looted artifacts to date. The bronzes, plundered by British forces in 1897 and later ...