Nigeria's national museum commission will be responsible for retrieving and keeping priceless Benin Bronzes, taking on the task with the assent of the royal ruler appointed sole owner and custodian of ...

works of art looted by the British from the Kingdom of Benin, in present-day Nigeria, in 1897. The Dutch government returned 119 objects, including brass and bronze sculptures, plaques ...

Earlier this year, Germany signed a declaration with Nigeria to release all 1,130 Benin Bronzes – actually copper alloy relief sculptures, many showing court figures – in German public museums.

Recently, the Worcester Art Museum and the Italian government came to an agreement regarding two artifacts that were allegedly stolen from Italy in the 1950s.  According to a January 30 release by the ...

Nigeria is on a quest to repatriate thousands of intricate bronze sculptures and castings that were looted by British soldiers during a raid on the then-separate Kingdom of Benin, located in what ...

The artifacts were stolen by British soldiers in the late 19th century and eventually made their way to a Dutch collection.

Despite the name, not all the statues are made of bronze. They include figurines, tusks, sculptures of Benin's rulers, and an ...

Nigeria is on a quest to recover the thousands of intricate sculptures and castings ... of the historic kingdom of Benin rightfully owned all returned Benin Bronzes and was responsible for ...

Nigeria is on a quest to get thousands of intricate bronze sculptures and castings that were looted by British soldiers during a raid on the then-separate Kingdom of Benin, located in what is now ...