Dan Hicks

He set out with eight other white men and with an uncertain number of servants, but perhaps over 200 carriers.

He set out with eight other white men and with an uncertain number of servants, but perhaps over 200 carriers.

He set out with eight other white men and with an uncertain number of servants, but perhaps over 200 carriers.

I'm professor of contemporary archaeology at the University of Oxford, curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.

I'm professor of contemporary archaeology at the University of Oxford, curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.

I'm professor of contemporary archaeology at the University of Oxford, curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.

They reportedly took no firearms except for revolvers, we're told, in some of the accounts.

They reportedly took no firearms except for revolvers, we're told, in some of the accounts.

They reportedly took no firearms except for revolvers, we're told, in some of the accounts.

The circumstances of how the killing comes about and the nature of that expedition, was it hostile? Was it seeking to provoke? Was it an inexperienced administrator sent off in order to provoke a response? All of that's unclear.

The circumstances of how the killing comes about and the nature of that expedition, was it hostile? Was it seeking to provoke? Was it an inexperienced administrator sent off in order to provoke a response? All of that's unclear.

The circumstances of how the killing comes about and the nature of that expedition, was it hostile? Was it seeking to provoke? Was it an inexperienced administrator sent off in order to provoke a response? All of that's unclear.

You know, they didn't hold back, you know, imaginative accounts as they possibly could of the blood and guts.

You know, they didn't hold back, you know, imaginative accounts as they possibly could of the blood and guts.

You know, they didn't hold back, you know, imaginative accounts as they possibly could of the blood and guts.

The idea of the city of blood was associated with Benin City.

The idea of the city of blood was associated with Benin City.

The idea of the city of blood was associated with Benin City.

Without a doubt, you know, this was a royal court that continued to practice forms of court slavery, almost certainly forms of human sacrifice. But these descriptions often lacked any kind of context.

Without a doubt, you know, this was a royal court that continued to practice forms of court slavery, almost certainly forms of human sacrifice. But these descriptions often lacked any kind of context.