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Benin Civilisation

​Where do you think they are going?
Please select photographs from below to laminate for your lessons. 

All the photographs can be found on British Museum on-line collection. I have copied them here to aid teachers with selecting appropriate photographs to use in their lessons.  Click here to view the full collection

Discussion questions could include:
How many people can you see in this photograph?
Who is this person?
Who are these people?
What are they wearing?
What are they holding?
Where are they?
What are they doing?
Where have they been?
What patterns can you see in this photograph? What do you think each one represents?

For description of each plaque composition scroll to the bottom of this page.


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Discussion question: What do these images tell us about the Kingdom of Benin?
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