The Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama Kingdom in Bayelsa State, HRH King Bubaraye Dakolo, on Monday, urged the Federal Government to ...

The Wereldmuseum in Leiden is preparing to return 113 ancient sculptures to Nigeria, as pressure mounts on Western ...

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union stopped classifying Pluto as our solar system’s ninth planet and demoted its ...

Among its most intriguing customs is the practice of the Oba (king) and his wives covering their mouths with white ...

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New research reveals 19th-century Dahomey swords were locally forged using a unique method blending multiple irons, ...

By AIYEVBEKPEN OSAKUE  The ancient Benin Kingdom had far-flung and well-manned security posts created for the defense of the ...

Parakou, Benin’s third-largest city, pulses with life in the northern Borgou Department. With over 200,000 residents, it’s a crossroads for trade, connecting farmers from the cotton-rich plains—which ...

A procession of gods marches across the wall of what may have been a royal mausoleum near Hattusa, capital of the lost Hittite Empire. The ancient city—in what is today central Türkiye—was ...

Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently ...

Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artifact before gently ...