Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

HISTORICAL FACTS: Benin bronzes - Caught on Camera

Netherlands returns more than 100 Benin Bronzes looted from Nigeria

The Dutch government agreed to return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria in February, and the official handover ceremony will take place on 21 June. British colonial troops originally stole the artefacts in 1897.

Euronews

Royal tomb in Benin has traces of human blood on its walls, hinting at human sacrifice, study finds

Researchers examining the wall of a ceremonial tomb in Benin found proteins that could have come only from human blood.

LiveScience

Where do the items in the British Museum come from?

The British Museum houses a collection of about eight million historical and cultural artefacts from around the world.

Al Jazeera

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Germany hands over 20 looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Germany has handed over 20 Benin Bronzes from its museums to Nigeria, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday, making it the latest European country to return cultural artefacts to their African homeland.

Reuters

German FM to personally return 20 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Germany’s foreign minister will personally take 20 artifacts looted by Europeans during colonial times back to Nigeria when she visits Africa’s most populous country next week

The Independent UK

The Benin Bronzes and the road to restitution

Why a digital record of the kingdom’s looted treasures marks a new era in the battle to reclaim its history

Financial Times

'Restitution' of looted African art just continues colonial policies - much more is at stake

The violence of the past is far from over. But it is disguised in many ways, made invisible and normalised. What started with the Spanish, Portuguese or the Ottoman empires continued with the British, French and Russian empires, and now the United States. Imperial political violence continues today in Palestine,…

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

A London museum has agreed to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria as cultural institutions throughout Britain come under pressure to repatriate artifacts acquired during the colonial era

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.