That will spell the end of our empire. And all this, it will be history. This 16th century brass statue shows a soldier. Europeans in Benin art were often shown holding a gun. The craft workers of ...

The kingdom of Benin began in the 900s ... What can we learn from the art of Benin? Benin craft workers made many kinds of art. Learn how brass casters made art and why animals were important.

An curved arrow pointing right. In the past few years, Europe and the United States have been returning stolen bronzes from the historical Kingdom of Benin. While today's Benin Bronze casters ...

Nigeria is on a quest to recover thousands of intricate bronze sculptures and castings that were looted by British soldiers ...