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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 artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes and mostly housed in a museum in Leiden, were looted in the late 19th century by ...