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The Netherlands has returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell.
The Dutch government agreed to return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in February, and the official handover ceremony will take ...
Nigeria received 119 Benin Bronzes from the Netherlands on Tuesday (June 17), marking one of the largest restitutions of ...
Looting Bid Failed The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has disclosed that ...
Nigeria welcomes the historic return of 119 Benin Bronzes, the largest repatriation since the 1897 British looting.
The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, has taken custody of 119 repatriated Benin ...
has already received three of the works known as the Benin Bronzes from the Met, and others from the Smithsonian in what it said was repatriation to “right a wrong.” But now the Oba is facing ...
The Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the German government announced they were returning scores of sculptures, plaques and ornaments, known as the Benin Bronzes ...
But in London, the pieces were instantly dubbed “the Benin bronzes”—identifying them with the slightly different alloy of copper and tin used in the traditions most admired by the 19th ...
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France 24 on MSNDR Congo, Rwanda to sign peace accord on June 27In tonight's edition, representatives of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have initialled a peace agreement aimed ...
In the past few years, Europe and the United States have been returning stolen bronzes from the historical Kingdom of Benin. While today's Benin Bronze casters appreciate repatriation efforts ...
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Agence France-Presse on MSNNetherlands returns over 100 Benin Bronzes looted from NigeriaNigeria has taken delivery from the Netherlands of 119 pieces of priceless "Benin Bronze" artefacts looted more than 120 ...
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