Ownership of the Benin Bronzes that were stolen by British soldiers in 1897 from Benin City, which is modern-day Nigeria, is still surrounded by controversy, reports the New York Times. Last summer, in a landmark agreement, the German government along with The Smithsonian Institution and the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced they were returning thousands […]
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