The MFA, which exhibited the artifacts on loan ... Fragments of the ewe figure were likely discovered at the village of Dary, Mali, around 1986 or 1987, though one researcher has questioned ...

Katie Orlinsky The Niger River narrows as it nears Lake Debo, an inland sea formed by the seasonal flooding of central Mali’s Niger ... negotiating with village chiefs,” Haidara told me ...

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced an Islamic militant to nine years in prison for destroying artifacts and religious buildings in Timbuktu, Mali. It was the first time the ...

By Zachary Small More than 900 artifacts intercepted in an illegal shipment have been returned to the government of Mali, U.S. officials said on Monday. Homeland Security agents originally ...

The other, a ewe, was looted from the village of Dary, Mali, around the same time. The two terracotta figures are ancient, fragile artifacts, dating from between the 13th and 15th centuries.

After fighting erupted in Mali in 2012, a number of the country’s cultural treasures were hidden to protect them from Islamist militants who wanted to destroy them. But now these artifacts face ...

Bamako’s national museum, which holds many important artifacts from Timbuktu and Gao, is struggling to stay open. Mali’s rich culture comes from being at the crossroads of traders and ...

Katie Orlinsky The Niger River narrows as it nears Lake Debo, an inland sea formed by the seasonal flooding of central Mali’s Niger ... negotiating with village chiefs,” Haidara told me ...