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Would you trust your marbles with these people?
News, Published on 09/09/2023
» One of the great attractions of living in London is its world-class museums, which offer generally free access to immense quantities of cultural relics from across the globe. Those arriving in the British capital might want to visit sooner rather than later. Before too long, some of those collections might start to shrink.
Row in Germany over Benin bronzes
AFP, Published on 10/06/2023
» BERLIN: In a move that many hailed as a salve for the historic wounds between Europe and Africa, Germany last December returned 22 artefacts, looted during the colonial era, to what is now Nigeria.
US museum keeps looted artefacts for now
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 12/03/2023
» As the pressure on museums and collectors to return looted artefacts to their countries of origin has grown in recent years, one issue has been whether some countries are equipped to accept them immediately.
Taming the Indiana Jones instinct
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 01/01/2023
» For decades, there was a swashbuckling aspect to collecting by American museums. In the 1960s, for example, some museum curators embraced the chase for prized artifacts as if it were big game hunting.
Germany hands back looted artefacts to Nigeria
AFP, Published on 20/12/2022
» ABUJA - Germany handed back more than 20 looted artefacts to Nigeria on Tuesday, saying it was to "right a wrong" more than 100 years after they were stolen by British colonial troops.
Stolen gods: Nepal seeks to bring home lost treasures
AFP, Published on 30/11/2021
» KATHMANDU - When Virginia Tech professor Sweta Gyanu Baniya saw an ornate 17th-century Nepali necklace in the Art Institute of Chicago, she burst into tears, bowed down and began to pray.
Tears, dance as Benin welcomes back looted treasures from France
AFP, Published on 11/11/2021
» COTONOU - With drums, dancing and tears, Benin on Wednesday welcomed back nearly 30 royal treasures looted from the West African state during France's colonial rule more than 130 years ago.
Cambridge college hands back looted African sculpture
AFP, Published on 27/10/2021
» CAMBRIDGE (UNITED KINGDOM) - A Cambridge University college will hand over to Nigeria an African bronze looted over a century ago, in the first return of its kind by a British institution.
Final show in France for looted Benin treasures
AFP, Published on 26/10/2021
» PARIS - A Paris museum on Tuesday exhibited over a dozen colonial-era treasures taken from Benin, the last time they will be shown in France before being handed back in a landmark gesture.
Britain to return looted 4,000-year-old plaque to Iraq
AFP, Published on 28/09/2020
» LONDON - Britain will hand back a 4,000-year-old sculpture to Iraq after an investigation found that it had been looted, the British Museum said on Monday.