Yet, no such successful compression of this 1,500-year of history of one of the greatest ancient ... an Empire, in fact, the biggest Empire in the world as at then. While Benin, the lesser empire ...

Thousands of colorfully dressed people marched through the ancient streets of the proud city of Benin. Streets that had ... This is symbolized by the fact that many of these ancient ceremonies ...

In Benin city, the capital of Edo state, the royal bronze casters guild, which was founded in the 13th Century, lives on. Hand-sculpted clay figures are transformed into bronzes using an ancient ...

maybe using a wooden or metal file to refine it. Today, as in the past, the casters get their clay from the banks of the Ikpoba River, which runs through the north of Benin City. Once he has ...

In Benin, a 'kataklè' - a ceremonial stool, and the final piece of the royal treasure of Abomey - has been returned by Finland, 133 years after being looted by French troops and later transferred ...

In 1897 British colonial forces attacked and looted the ancient Kingdom of Benin in what is now southern Nigeria. Thousands of precious objects were taken, including stunning sculptures made of ...

Benin: The hallowed culture of one of the world's most ancient people ... And truer still is the fact that this depth, is embedded in their belief system. To the Edos, death is seen as part ...

but "descended on Abomey", an ancient kingdom that became the hub of the kingdom of Dahomey. Sagbadjou Glele's death comes a month after his final public appearance during a ceremony in Benin's ...

Thousands of colorfully dressed people marched through the ancient streets of the proud city of Benin. Streets that had ... This is symbolized by the fact that many of these ancient ceremonies ...

In Benin, a 'kataklè' – a ceremonial stool, and the final piece of the royal treasure of Abomey – has been returned by Finland, 133 years after being looted by French troops and later transferred to ...