The Netherlands agrees to return more than 100 artifacts to Nigeria looted during colonial times
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Netherlands agreed on Wednesday to return a collection of 119 artifacts to Nigeria , the latest objects to be sent back to their homelands as museums grapple with their colonial-era holdings.
The artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes and mostly housed in a museum in Leiden, were looted in the late 19th century by British soldiers from what is now Nigeria. They will be returned at the request of the Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments.
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