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

The Oba of Benin Palace in Benin City, on Friday, placed curses on individuals, collaborators plotting to tarnish Benin monarchy ...

In the mid-1960s, a Soviet military topographer was analyzing aerial photos of Ukraine when he came across some unusual ...

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

The Benin Bronzes—linked to a British raid on Benin City in 1897—will likely continue to be a focus of repatriation efforts in 2025. In October 2021, Jesus College, part of the University of Cambridge ...

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 the reptiles' sacred connection ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Militants ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference at City Hall following a meeting with ...

A tomb recently unearthed in Egypt shows that medicine and magic were once equally revered, and expertise in both earned a long-dead physician to the pharaohs a place of honor among the ancient ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor on Wednesday, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years. They were unearthed at the ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor on Wednesday, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years. They were unearthed at the ...