Former colonies have felt increasingly empowered to demand compensation from European powers. But even the successful efforts look like exceptions so far.
Tag: Arts and Antiquities Looting
‘Artistic Awakening’ in Benin as Return of Royal Artifacts Attracts Huge Crowds
As more looted art comes back to Africa, countries have wrestled with the right way to display it. That 200,000 people have lined up for a show suggests Benin has found an answer.
Your Friday Briefing: Heat Shakes China’s Economy
Plus the U.S. and Taiwan will begin formal trade talks and Cambodia spars with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The New ‘Monuments Officers’ Prepare to Protect Art Amid War
A group of art experts have had intensive training to become part of the U.S. Army Reserve. It will be their job to help save cultural heritage in war zones.
U.K. Tourist Jailed for Taking Artifacts in Iraq Has Conviction Overturned
A British retiree who had been sentenced to 15 years in prison for pocketing stones and shards at an archaeological site was acquitted on appeal.
Your Tuesday Briefing
Wales breaks temperature records.
Benin Bronzes Returned to Nigeria from Germany
Two of the renowned artifacts were given back to Nigeria on Friday, and Germany intends to give the African country ownership of some 1,100 more.
A Chance Encounter Helps Return Sacred Artifacts to an Indigenous Group
The United Nations helped the Yaqui Nation, an Indigenous group in Mexico and the United States, reclaim a deer’s head and other items from a Swedish museum.
Belgian King Returns Mask to Congo in Landmark Visit
But so far, the monarch has not apologized for decades of brutal Belgian rule during which up to 10 million Congolese people died.
British Tourist Gets 15 Years in Iraqi Jail for Taking Shards From Archaeology Site
The retired geologist said he did not know it was illegal to take the pottery shards when he picked them up from the site. The harshness of his sentence came as a surprise.