From Nepal and Jakarta to Paris and New York, the grinning skeletal image of the Jolly Roger of the Straw Hat Pirates has ...

Across the diverse landscapes of Africa, few animals have captured the imagination and reverence of cultures as profoundly as the leopard (Panthera pardus). With its striking rosette-patterned coat, ...

History came full circle in a powerful display of culture and justice as 119 looted Benin artefacts were returned by the Netherlands to the palace of Oba Ewuare II. The repatriation—the largest ever ...

The Netherlands and the MFA Boston both recently returned looted Benin artifacts. Who they returned them to differed. The Head of a the king Oba of Benin is displayed at the signing ceremony and ...

Leaders at the Museum of Fine Arts were in New York Friday to return a pair of disputed artworks looted during a notorious 19th-century British raid on the Benin kingdom, in present-day Nigeria.

At a ceremony Friday in New York City, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts returned two works of art that were stolen from present-day Nigeria more than a century ago. Commemorative head, 16th–17th century.

Arhuaran, the first son of the first wife and Esigie, the son of Idia, who was the second wife. According to tradition, the first son should be the Oba, but since birth, Idia nurtured Esigie to be ...

The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The collector who owned them took them back instead. By Colin Moynihan and Tom ...