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Emma Bowman

A London museum agrees to return more than 70 pieces of looted Nigerian art

The Horniman Museum's collection of artifacts from the ancient kingdom of Benin includes 12 brass plaques, ceremonial objects and a key 'to the king's palace'. (Horniman Museums and Gardens)

A British museum says it will return dozens of artifacts to the Nigerian government that were taken forcibly more than a century ago.

The Horniman Museum and Gardens in London plans to hand over 72 objects — which notably include a share of sculptures known as Benin bronzes — that were looted from Benin City in southern Nigeria during a British military invasion in 1897, according to the museum's Board of Trustees.

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