Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...
The Pahon Cave in Gabon offers archaeologists a well-preserved look into the Late Stone Age time period in central Africa, ...
The Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, on Sunday performed the ancient ‘Ugierhoba rite’, a sacred traditional observance that preserves the memory and legacy of past Benin kings. The ceremony formally ...
Egypt has unveiled two colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Luxor. The alabaster statues, known as the Colossi of ...
"Every square meter in Benin City has an artist," Victor Ehikhamenor said with a laugh. He was talking about the capital of Edo, the Nigerian State, which is famed as a historical, cultural and ...

Original sin

Louvre theft reignites questions over universal museums imperial legacies and restitution as art crime exposes how conquest ...
The Benin Bronzes, taken from what is now Nigeria, have become a symbol in the effort to return looted artifacts to their ...
Restitution efforts took on a new mission in 2025 when the Museum of Fine Arts Boston decided to restore ownership to two ...