The Museum of Fine Arts Boston has returned two works of art to the Kingdom of Benin after 12 years in its collection. The ...

The two pieces were returned as part of the museum’s colonial-era provenance program which looks to identify artifacts that may have been looted or stolen.

The artefacts were looted from the kingdom of Benin by British soldiers in the 1800s, now they're returning home. ... Rare sword find leads to discovery of Roman-era settlement in England Europe.

Benin is to receive 26 artefacts plundered from the Palace of Behanzin in 1892, including a throne, while a sword and its sheath will be restituted to Senegal.

If approved, France will officially restore to Benin 26 items from the Treasure of Behanzin, ... Senegal will get back a sword and scabbard said to have belonged to Omar Saidou Tall, ...