These are pendants worn by high ranking officials in Benin The Netherlands says it will return more than 100 Benin Bronzes that British troops looted from Nigeria in the late 19th Century and ...

And in that long and turbulent history, the Benin Bronzes, as they used to be known, hold a unique place. Made in what is now modern Nigeria, in the sixteenth century, the Benin plaques are ...

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It’s been described as the single largest return to date of the famous Benin antiquities looted by the British military. Left to right: "Worked elephant tusk" (1500–1891), Benin; "Head of a ...

The artifacts were stolen by British soldiers in the late 19th century and eventually made their way to a Dutch collection.

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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 ...

ABUJA - 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.