Netherlands Returns 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Largest single repatriation of colonial‑era artifacts
The Netherlands has formally returned 119 Benin Bronzes looted during the 1897 British punitive expedition to Nigeria, marking the largest single repatriation of such artifacts to date, in a ceremony hailed as ‘divine intervention’ by the Benin monarch and seen as a major step in addressing historical injustices
