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British Museum Privilege? Behold The Treasures Others Are Returning To Rightful Owners

Photo of a visitor looking at the Elgin marbles also known as the Parthenon marbles, at the British Museum
The Elgin marbles, also known as the Parthenon marbles, at the British Museum Steve Taylor/SOPA Images /ZUMA

The simmering UK-Greece dispute over the Elgin Marbles shines a light on the worldwide efforts to push Western powers, often with colonial pasts, to give back looted artistic and historical artifacts.

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Geopolitics Society

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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