Germany returned 22 Benin Bronzes — looted plaques and sculptures from Benin — to Nigeria on Tuesday. 周二,德国向尼日利亚归还了22件贝宁铜器——从贝宁掠夺来的金属牌匾和雕塑。 The artifacts were taken from the Kingdom of Benin — in what is now Southwestern Nigeria, not to be confused with t...
BENIN BRONZES: GERMANY-NIGERIA JOINT DECLARATIONHerman, AlexanderArt, Antiquity & Law
At a virtual conference hosted byColumbia Universityon April 9, academics and museum professionals argued “vigorously” against a long-held notion: the idea that the bronzes are “safer” at institutions in the United States and Europe than in Nigeria’s “small but growing mus...
LONDON (Reuters) - London's Horniman Museum said on Sunday it would return 72 artefacts, including 12 brass plaques known as Benin Bronzes, looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897 to the Nigerian government. Created from brass and bronze in the once mighty Kingdom of Benin ...
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Some of the Benin bronzes would be sent back to Nigeria.of the rulers'power, using bronze, wood and so on. The term "bronzes" is used to C. The Benin bronzes in the British Museum would be repaired.refer to all of the sculptures, not just the ones made from bronze. D. A museum ...
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Last fall, the French government and a British university both made agreements to send back Benin bronzes to Nigeria. Last month, Germany returned two Benin bronze sculptures. 去年秋天,法国政府和一所英国大学都达成协议,将贝宁青铜器送回尼日利亚。
More than 900 Benin Bronze pieces and the Parthenon Marbles - also known as the Elgin Marbles - are at the centre of renewed calls for repatriation with accusations the museum’s security can’t be trusted after thefts were reported.Thursday 24 August 2023 08:48, UK Africa Crime ...
In July, Germany handed back two bronzes and put more than 1,000 other items from its museums’ collections into Nigeria’s ownership. 今年7月,一家位于德国科隆的博物馆就向尼日利亚归还了两件青铜器以及其博物馆收藏的1000多件其他物品。 Last month, the Horniman Museum, in south London, returned ...