British Museum returns looted artifacts to Nigeria

Nigeria plans to build a museum in Benin City where it hopes to display its famous bronze objects.

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The Horniman Museum in London announced, the day before yesterday, that it would return 72 artifacts looted by British soldiers from Nigeria during a military incursion into the country in 1897. The museum said in a statement, “The 72 artifacts taken by force from Benin City during the British military incursion in February 1897 will be returned. to the Nigerian government.

He explained: "The collection includes 12 copper plates, known as Benin Bronze, ivory and copper ceremonial tools and tools used in daily life such as fans and baskets, as well as a key to the king's palace."

Thousands of pieces of the so-called Nigerian Benin Bronze, metal plates and sculptures, were looted from the palace of the ancient kingdom of Benin and ended up in American and European museums.

Nigeria plans to build a museum in Benin City where it hopes to display its famous bronze objects.

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