Benin Culture History and Archaeology

Archaeology in Benin
From the September 2005 Antiquity, a report from J. Cameron Monroe on recent archaeological studies in Benin.

Benin
The modern city of Benin is named after the kingdom in what is now Benin.

Dahomey's Royal Road - Cana-Abomey Road
The Cana-Abomey Road was built in the 18th century by the West African kingdom of Dahomey in what is today the country of Benin.

History of Benin
From Jen Rosenberg, guide to 20th century history, a compilation of resources on Benin.

Københavns Universitet
The Univesity of Copenhagen's Prehistoric Archaeology unit conductes primarily Iron Age research, in Denmark, Ukraine, Greenland, and Bénin.

The Ancient West African City of Benin
The Benin website was built in support of an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution; it has a few images and some discussion of the culture.

The Caves of Benin
A joint Danish-Beninoise project in Benin, where nearly a thousand subterranean caves have been identified, seventy of which contain archaeological sites. From the Centre of World Archaeology.