{"id":186957,"date":"2024-12-20T12:46:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T10:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/cameroon\/cameroon-museum-of-the-bamoun-kings-ancient-treasures-from-cameroon-find-a-spectacular-new-home\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T12:46:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T10:46:46","slug":"cameroon-museum-of-the-bamoun-kings-ancient-treasures-from-cameroon-find-a-spectacular-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/cameroon\/cameroon-museum-of-the-bamoun-kings-ancient-treasures-from-cameroon-find-a-spectacular-new-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon: Museum of the Bamoun Kings &#8211; Ancient Treasures From Cameroon Find a Spectacular New Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"25\">One of the most significant African <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/cameroon-opens-museum-honoring-oldest-sub-saharan-kingdom\/7569526.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">museum openings<\/a> of 2024 was the Mus\u00e9e des Rois Bamoun, or <a href=\"https:\/\/momaa.org\/directory\/museum-bamoun-sultanate-cameroon\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museum of the Bamoun Kings<\/a>, in Foumban, Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"50\">Housing over 10,000 objects, it offers more than 600 years of history in its display of the treasures of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Bamum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bamoun kingdom<\/a>, one of the oldest in sub-Saharan Africa. The museum&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fodors.com\/world\/africa-and-middle-east\/experiences\/news\/you-might-not-have-ever-seen-this-unbelievable-building-heres-whats-inside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">striking architecture<\/a> is dominated by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2024\/04\/15\/cameroon-opens-museum-honouring-one-of-its-oldest-and-most-influential-kingdoms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two-headed snake<\/a> at its entrance and a spider perched on top of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"22\">Cameroonian archaeologist and heritage scholar Rachel Mariembe visited&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202412200079.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 West Africa <a title=\"Cameroon\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/west-africa\/cameroon\/\">Cameroon<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most significant African museum openings of 2024 was the Mus\u00e9e des Rois Bamoun, or Museum of the Bamoun Kings, in Foumban, Cameroon. Housing over 10,000 objects, it offers more than 600 years of history in its display of the treasures of the Bamoun kingdom, one of the oldest in sub-Saharan Africa. 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