Research shows that it was four times longer than the Great Wall of China, and the material consumption for the construction of the Benin wall was far greater than the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The ...

Tomorrow October 20, it will exactly be one year that Omo n’ Oba n’ Edo, UKU AKPOLOKPOLO, Ewuare the Second, Oba of Benin, ascended the majestic throne of his forefathers. October 20, 2016 was a day ...

The great Benin Empire flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries under the hereditary male monarch known as Oba, with a highly organised government and powerful army. The Oba’s Palace was adorned ...

Vol. 30, No. 3, Special Issue: The Benin Centenary, Part 1 (Summer, 1997), pp. 1+4+6+8+10 (5 pages) African Arts is a quarterly journal devoted to the plastic and graphic arts of Africa, broadly ...

Report on the 118 Benin kingdom antiquities purchased by the University Museum, Philadelphia, in 1912. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball ...