Ewuare rebuilt the capital of the kingdom, Edo City, which is present-day Benin City. A wall was built around the capital and included moats for increased protection. The wall took decades to ...

Dahomey, now called Benin after the nearby Bight (or Bay ... mass spectrometry —to proteins contained in samples of the wall of the tomb, which consists of two round huts joined together.

With European museums on the back foot following Black Lives Matter protests, Nigerian politicians have the opportunity to shape the fate of the famous Benin Bronzes, writes Barnaby Phillips ...

Historians say Benin City, formerly known as Edo, boasted earthen walls longer than the Great Wall of China. Broadcaster and author Stephen Fry last week shared a petition encouraging the museum ...

Benin City is at least four miles wide. The city has wide, straight roads, lined by houses. The houses are large and handsome with walls made from clay. The people are very friendly and there ...