An exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum points to a burgeoning trend: museums are engaging the public more openly ...

The banks and delta of the Mono River in Benin are home to mangrove swamps which harbour fish and rare wild birds -- and some ...

An approximately 3,500-year-old settlement was discovered in Egypt in Kom el-Negus, located about 27 miles west of Alexandria ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare ancient Roman artifact that has revealed previously unknown places lost to time. The ...

Among the existing ruins, which include a theater, basilica, and ancient market, they discovered a remarkable statue of a ...

Benin's Ouidah has celebrated its annual Voodoo Festival which has made the town a mecca for Voodoo worshippers as well as a tourist attraction.

Welcome to the ancient town of Ouidah, in southern Benin, a mecca of gods and spirits where the celebration of the annual Voodoo festival brings a mix of tourism and religion in a clash of ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State. EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement on ...

OUIDAH, Benin (Reuters) - Modeste Zinsou, manager of Benin's Python Temple, gently drapes a live snake around a visitor's neck at the country's annual voodoo festival, as spectators learn about ...

Manfred Aifuwa Omogiate, better known by his stage name Rich M, is a rising music star from Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. His journey into music is a story of self-discovery, resilience ...

Zangbeto masquerades the traditional Voodoo guardians of the night performing ahead of the annual Voodoo Festival in Ouidah, Benin, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) ...

Chennai: Four ancient rock paintings in red ochre, which may pertain to the pre-megalithic era, about 3,000-4,000 years old, have been found near a waterbody in Keelvazhai-Udayanatham near ...