Netherlands to Return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Netherlands to return stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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 significant sculptures and carvings were stolen during the violent destruction of Benin City, in modern-day Nigeria's Edo state, in 1897.
Netherlands Returns 119 Benin Bronzes To Nigeria In Landmark Repatriation Agreement
Over 100 precious Benin Bronzes have been returned to Nigeria from a Dutch museum in a landmark repatriation agreement.
The Netherlands agrees to return more than 100 artifacts to Nigeria looted during colonial times
The Netherlands has agreed to return a collection of 119 artifacts to Nigeria, the latest objects to be sent back to their homelands as museums grapple with their colonial-era holdings.
Netherlands to Repatriate 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
It’s been described as the single largest return to date of the famous Benin antiquities looted by the British military.
Netherlands to return over 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The Netherlands will return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria which the country took during colonial times. View on euronews
Netherlands returns 119 Benin bronzes, redressing 1897 British expedition looting
In recent years, about 1,100 objects from German, Scottish, British, and French museums have been returned amid pressure over colonial-era acquisitions.
Netherlands to return 119 Benin bronzes to Nigeria — ‘single largest return of antiquities’
The Netherlands says it is returning 119 Benin bronzes looted during the British attack on Benin City in 1897 to Nigeria.
Netherlands returns looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
At the request of Nigeria, the Netherlands will today return 113 pieces of bronze art that form part of the Benin Bronzes collection, Culture Minister Eppo Bruins announced. The artifacts were looted by British soldiers from the Kingdom of Benin,
British Museum under pressure after Netherlands hands back Benin Bronzes
The British Museum has come under fresh pressure to hand over its Benin Bronzes after the Netherlands returned more than 100 of the artefacts to Nigeria.
Stolen Benin Bronzes Are Headed Home
The Netherlands says it will return more than 100 artifacts looted from the Kingdom of Benin, in what is now southern Nigeria, more than a century ago. The Benin Bronzes, plaques and sculptures of metal and ivory that decorated the kingdom's royal palace,
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Benin Bronzes Can Be Ambassadors For Nigeria, Proof Of Africa’s Rich History, Says Dutch Envoy Deelen
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The Netherlands to return 113 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The country is the latest in Europe to announce that it will repatriate a group of these objects, which were looted by the British as part of a punitive expedition in 1897 ...