a human effigy symbolising the departed royal matriarch, was preceded by Oba Ewuare II, who led the procession from his Palace to the sacred Emotan deity at King Square in Benin City, where he ...

Edo legend says that no one in Benin had ever seen a horse before Oranmiyan ... battle scenes and deeds of courage. The roofs of the palace have pointed turrets and on top of each turret there ...

While a museum focused on the Kingdom of Dahomey would be highly desirable and beneficial, the site that is currently proposed would cover most of the large Court of the Amazons located between the ...

The Benin Kingdom — as opposed to the modern ... soldiers slaughtered untold numbers before sacking the royal palace and looting thousands of bronzes, virtuosic works that eventually spread ...

The Presiding Priest at the Cathedral, Ohen-osa Edebiri Igbinoghodua, offered prayer to God for the royal family and Benin Kingdom for ... Dr Osahon Ebabulele, Palace Chiefs, Enigie (Dukes ...