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May 13, 2021
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BENIN BRONZE TO BE REPATRIATED TO NIGERIA
A Benin bronze sculpture – looted by British soldiers in 1897 during the destruction of Benin City (in modern-day Nigeria) – is to be returned to Nigeria by the University of Aberdeen. Bought by the university in 1957, the sculpture, which depicts a king of Benin (an ), is one
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