Benin bronzes

Germany signs deal to return Benin bronzes to Nigeria

Germany has around 1,100 of the 16th- to 18th-century artefacts, split between some 20 museums. Thousands of Benin bronzes are scattered around European museums after being looted by the British. Nigeria plans to build a museum in Benin City in southern Edo state, where it hopes to house them.   Germany signed an agreement on Friday,  to begin sending hundreds of

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