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Returner’s Remorse? Why Germany Is Worried About The Benin Bronzes

A close up of the face of a Benin bronze
Commemorative head of a king (Benin bronze) during the ceremony for the return of the Benin bronzes to Nigeria in Abuja Florian Gaertner

Germany is returning looted Benin bronzes back to Nigeria. But there are now concerns that they will now disappear into private ownership or that they will be threatened with damage or loss

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Brazil’s Destroyed Museum And Burning Questions Beyond

Fire at Rio de Janeiro's National Museum on Sept. 3
Fire at Rio de Janeiro's National Museum on Sept. 3 Uanderson Fernandes/O Globo/GDA/ZUMA

RIO DE JANEIRO — Protests are expected to continue after the fire early Monday that largely destroyed Brazil’s National Museum. The public’s anger at the blaze, which is estimated to have destroyed nearly all of the 20 million works and artifacts at the Rio de Janeiro museum, comes amid rising economic and political unrest as […]

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