The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has closed its renowned but controversial Benin Kingdom Gallery. The space prominently displayed bronze and ivory objects considered masterpieces from the former ...

Of the 34 pieces the MFA received, 32 were from the ancient Kingdom of Benin in what is now southern Nigeria. The remaining objects were ... In 1897, British troops invaded Benin City and looted ...

Some of the objects in Lehman's collection were stolen during a notoriously violent 1897 raid on Benin City in present-day Nigeria, during which British troops sacked the African empire's royal ...