Ancient terracotta statues, created by the Nok culture roughly 2,000 years ago, were seized at a New York City airport. Now, they have been returned to Nigerian custody.

Some 2,500 years ago, a mysterious culture emerged in Nigeria. The Nok people left behind bizarre terracotta statues -- and little else. German archaeologists are now looking for more clues to ...

Nok statues are about 2,000 to 2,500 years old, among the oldest sculptures in West Africa. They were first unearthed in 1943 at a tin mine near the village of Nok in central Nigeria.

The Truth Behind the Infamous 2000 Oscar Heist After dozens of golden statuettes were stolen, there was a frantic race to make a whole new batch — but the scramble was all for naught.

Those impeccable, glistening, gold Oscar statuettes, for three decades the product of Chicago-based R.S. Owens and Company, will now be made in New York. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts ...

The exquisite statuettes, when presented alongside Whistler’s drawings, paintings, lithographs, and etchings, prompt the viewer to consider the role of ancient art as an inspiration throughout ...

The French Government yesterday returned five stolen Nok statuettes to the Nigerian Government. The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jacques Champagne Labriolle, who presented the statuettes to the ...

Nok statues are about 2,000 to 2,500 years old, among the oldest sculptures in West Africa. They were first unearthed in 1943 at a tin mine near the village of Nok in central Nigeria.

Nok statues are about 2,000 to 2,500 years old, among the oldest sculptures in West Africa. They were first unearthed in 1943 at a tin mine near the village of Nok in central Nigeria.

Nok statues are about 2,000 to 2,500 years old, among the oldest sculptures in West Africa. They were first unearthed in 1943 at a tin mine near the village of Nok in central Nigeria.