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The looted Benin bronzes should be returned

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ENIN CITY, or Edo as it was known in its heyday at the start of the 17th century, was a confident metropolis, a place of creativity and military power. In 1600 a Dutch visitor described an impressive central avenue seven or eight times broader than Warmoesstraat, one of the main shopping streets in Amsterdam, and a palace for the Oba
, or head of the ruling dynasty, “so large, that you can feel no End”. The walls were decorated with ivory sculptures and elaborate metal plaques depicting hunters, musicians, courtiers and animals including leopards, elephants and crocodiles.
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Germany , Benin , Giza , Al-jizah , Egypt , United-states , Nigeria , Netherlands , United-kingdom , Washington , Portugal , Amsterdam

The spoils of war - The looted Benin bronzes should be returned | Books & arts

The spoils of war
A new book spells out the cultural impact of their theft
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ENIN CITY, or Edo as it was known in its heyday at the start of the 17th century, was a confident metropolis, a place of creativity and military power. In 1600 a Dutch visitor described an impressive central avenue seven or eight times broader than Warmoesstraat, one of the main shopping streets in Amsterdam, and a palace for the Oba
, or head of the ruling dynasty, “so large, that you can feel no End”. The walls were decorated with ivory sculptures and elaborate metal plaques depicting hunters, musicians, courtiers and animals including leopards, elephants and crocodiles.

Germany , Benin , Giza , Al-jizah , Egypt , United-states , Nigeria , Netherlands , United-kingdom , Washington , Portugal , Amsterdam