The hundreds of Benin Bronzes make up one of the most notorious and ongoing disputes over looted art during colonial ...
It’s been described as the single largest return to date of the famous Benin antiquities looted by the British military.
Over 100 precious Benin Bronzes have been returned to Nigeria from a Dutch museum in a landmark repatriation agreement.
The Netherlands say over a 100 Benin Bronzes that were plundered from Nigeria by British troops in the 1800s in museums will ...
Last Tuesday, The Netherlands signed an agreement with Nigeria to return some 119 Benin Bronzes looted in 1897 when the British sacked the Kingdom of Benin in present day Nigeria. Some of the ...
The Netherlands has agreed to return more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, the latest European country to return cultural artefacts to Africa, the Dutch embassy in Abuja said on Wednesday.
Following the request by the Nigerian Government, The Netherlands has agreed to return 119 stolen Benin Bronzes during the 1897 British punitive expedition back to the country. The transfer ...
The Netherlands has agreed to return its share of the Benin Bronzes. The 119 statues have been mostly housed in Leiden and will now be given to the Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and ...
The Netherlands says it will return more than 100 Benin Bronzes that British troops looted from Nigeria in the late 19th Century and which ended up in a Dutch museum. Thousands of these culturally ...
The artifacts were stolen by British soldiers in the late 19th century and eventually made their way to a Dutch collection.
The Netherlands has agreed to return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, according to a statement released by the embassy on Tuesday. The Dutch Minister of Education, Culture, and Science, Eppo Bruins ...