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125 Year Old Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts Returned

Two Benin bronzes were returned to their ancestral home 125 years after British soldiers looted them from West Africa. A colorful ceremony on Saturday February 19, 2022 marked the return of sculptures, one of a cockerel and the other the head of a king, to the Oba palace in Benin City in Nigeria. “They are […]