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Netherlands to Return its Share of Nigeria’s Looted Treasures: 120 Statues Set for Repatriation

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A museum in the Netherlands has announced it will return 119 bronze artifacts looted from the old Kingdom of Benin in West Africa .

Most of the artifacts stolen from the kingdom by the British in the 19th century reside at the British Museum .

Other Dutch museums have also been busy repatriating artifacts looted during colonial times.