Science

UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a justification for inscription.

The history of scientific archaeological research in Nigeria and its relatively recent development.

UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a statement of significance.

Article on this ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria.

Article on this city which, according to the Yoruba people, is where the founding deities Oduduwa and Obatala began the creation of the world.

The Nok culture remains an enigma. It is one of the earliest African centers of ironworking and terracotta figure production.