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4 months, 1 week ago

Gymnastics officials let down Jordan Chiles and other athletes, but unwilling to give 3 bronzes, court says

If it was up to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Jordan Chiles would keep her bronze medal for her routine in the women’s gymnastics floor exercise at the Paris Olympics, and Romanian gymnasts Ana Bărbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea would each get one, too. But in a 29-page detailing of its ruling that led Olympic officials to strip Chiles of …

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5 months ago

Stats boffins predict how many medals Team GB will win at Paris Olympics - so, who is tipped to join Adam Peaty and Keely Hodgkinson in bagging a gold?

Daily Mail

Team GB have high hopes and are targeting a haul of between 50 and 70 medals The Paris 2024 Olympics starts this week, with the opening ceremony on Friday Team GB have been tipped to win 63 medals at Paris 2024 – one fewer than at Tokyo 2020. Ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony, sports data boffins Gracenote have published their …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Exhibition of ancient bronzes in Hong Kong illuminates culture, history

China Daily

A bronze zun, a drinking vessel, exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of History. pondered Chun, assistant curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History, as she and her colleagues crafted plans for the first exhibition of the General History of China Series. One year later, more than 150 sets of cultural relics from 15 institutions in eight cities in …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Exhibition of ancient bronzes in Hong Kong illuminates culture, history

China Daily

A bronze zun, a drinking vessel, exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of History. pondered Chun, assistant curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History, as she and her colleagues crafted plans for the first exhibition of the General History of China Series. One year later, more than 150 sets of cultural relics from 15 institutions in eight cities in …

History Hong Kong Bronze Chinese Kong Hong Henan

7 months, 1 week ago

Exhibition of ancient bronzes in Hong Kong illuminates culture, history

China Daily

A bronze zun, a drinking vessel, exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of History. pondered Chun, assistant curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History, as she and her colleagues crafted plans for the first exhibition of the General History of China Series. One year later, more than 150 sets of cultural relics from 15 institutions in eight cities in …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Benin king to keep bronzes returned by UK

The Telegraph

Benin Bronzes held in British museums will be returned to Nigeria despite revelations that the artefacts will become the personal property of a local king, The Telegraph can reveal. However, a decree from the country’s president recently announced that ownership of the repatriated treasures would instead be transferred to a traditional ruler or “Oba”. Despite the risk that the artefacts …

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1 year, 6 months ago

The great homeward journey

China Daily

Statues of Benin's 19th century King Glele on display in the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum in Paris on Oct 25, 2021, before being repatriated. Treasures looted by colonial invaders are finally being returned to their rightful owners For many decades countries around the world as disparate as Greece, Iraq and Nigeria have pleaded for treasured artifacts looted from them to …

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1 year, 7 months ago

A ruling over ownership of the Benin bronzes may delay their return

Hindustan Times

The sacking of Benin City by a heavily armed expeditionary force in February 1897 was said to be an act of revenge in a bitter trade dispute between Britain and the Kingdom of Benin, east of Lagos. In the past two years museums in America, Britain, France and Germany, as well as at least three universities, have all signed pledges …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Benin Bronzes made of German brass

Hindustan Times

Many of the famous Benin Bronzes pillaged by British colonial officers in 1897 are made of brass manillas from the German Rhineland, new research shows. "The Benin Bronzes are the most famous ancient works of art in all West Africa," study author Tobias Skowronek said in a statement. Manillas a possible source Historians have long suspected the Benin Bronzes were …

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2 years ago

Germany returns 20 Benin bronzes to Nigeria, noting ‘dark past’

Al Jazeera

More than 5,000 ancient artefacts are estimated to have been looted from Nigeria by England when it colonised the country. Twenty historic bronze sculptures have been returned to Nigeria by Germany as part of efforts to address its “dark colonial past,” its foreign minister said on Tuesday. More than 5,000 ancient artefacts are estimated to have been stolen from Nigeria …

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2 years ago

Benin Bronzes: Germany returns 20 historic sculptures to Nigeria as it addresses its 'dark colonial past'

Firstpost

Nigerian authorities have in recent years intensified efforts to get the looted artifacts to be returned. Earlier this year Germany pledged to repatriate more than 1,000 of them in the coming years Abuja: Germany returned 20 historic bronze sculptures to Nigeria as part of efforts to address its “dark colonial past,” the German foreign minister said Tuesday. Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s …

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2 years ago

Germany returns Nigerian bronzes, notes its ‘dark past’

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — Germany returned 20 historic bronze sculptures to Nigeria as part of efforts to address its “dark colonial past,” the German foreign minister said Tuesday. Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s foreign minister returned the prized cultural artifacts to Nigerian officials in a ceremony in the capital Abuja. Nigeria is Germany’s second-largest trade partner in Africa and by returning the items …

Germany Nigeria Return Nigerian Baerbock Benin Bronzes

2 years ago

Germany returns Nigerian bronzes, notes its 'dark past'

The Independent

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2 years ago

University of Cambridge to return looted Benin bronzes

The Independent

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University Nigeria British Return Cambridge Benin Bronzes

2 years, 1 month ago

Spectacular bronze statue find in Italy to 'rewrite history'

Hindustan Times

An archaeological dig in the Italian thermal town of San Casciano dei Bagni in Tuscany has unveiled 24 well-preserved bronze statues from ancient times that are said to be up to 2,300 years old. The pair of two-meter tall Greek warrior bronzes were cast around 450 BC and remain very rare life-size bronze statues from Greek antiquity. "The Tuscan site …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy’s Etruscan-Roman history

Associated Press

ROME — Italian authorities on Tuesday announced the extraordinary discovery of 2,000-year-old bronze statues in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring and said the find will “rewrite history” about the transition from the Etruscan civilization to the Roman Empire. The discovery, in the sacred baths of the San Casciano dei Bagni archaeological dig near Siena, is one of the most significant …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy's Etruscan-Roman history

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Italian authorities on Tuesday announced …

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2 years, 2 months ago

US museums return African bronzes stolen in 19th century

Associated Press

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A bronze sculpture of a West African king that had been in the collection of a Rhode Island museum for more than 70 years was among 31 culturally precious objects that were returned to the Nigerian government on Tuesday. The Benin Bronzes including a piece called the “Head of a King” or “Oba” from the Rhode Island …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Completed Humboldt Forum opens in Berlin

Hindustan Times

The eastern wing, the last section of the Humboldt Forum museum to be completed, is finally inaugurated. The Benin Bronzes are highlights of the new section of the Humboldt Forum "The Benin Bronzes are an active part of our ancestors. The Benin Bronzes are artifacts made of bronze, brass or ivory, which are part of a new exhibition at the …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Benin Bronzes must not be returned to Nigeria as it ‘profited from slavery’

The Telegraph

The Benin Bronzes must not be returned to Nigeria because the African nation profited from slavery, a US civil rights group has warned the Charity Commission. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have decided to repatriate hundreds of artworks taken from the Kingdom of Benin - now in modern-day Nigeria - by British forces in 1897, a decision which must …

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2 years, 4 months ago

UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Associated Press

LONDON — A London museum agreed Sunday to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria as cultural institutions throughout Britain come under pressure to repatriate artifacts acquired during the colonial era. Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information and Culture formally asked the British Museum to return its Benin Bronzes in October …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Germany hands first of Benin Bronzes back to Nigeria

Live Mint

German authorities on Friday returned to Nigeria the first two of more than 1,100 priceless sculptures known as the Benin Bronzes that were looted by Europeans in the 19th century. We should not forget that Germany played an active role in this chapter of history," said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at a Berlin ceremony marking the transfer. The first …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Germany, Nigeria sign accord for return of Benin Bronzes

Associated Press

BERLIN — Germany and Nigeria on Friday signed an agreement paving the way for the return of hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were taken from Africa more than 120 years ago — an accord that Nigerian officials hope will prompt other countries to follow suit. He added that he expects the move to “become a harbinger …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Germany, Nigeria sign accord for return of looted Benin Bronzes

Al Jazeera

A British colonial expedition looted vast quantities of treasures in 1897 from the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin. Germany and Nigeria have signed an agreement that paves the way for the return of hundreds of artefacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were looted and removed from Africa more than 120 years ago – an accord that Nigerian …

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Gymnastics officials let down Jordan Chiles and other athletes, but unwilling to give 3 bronzes, court says

Stats boffins predict how many medals Team GB will win at Paris Olympics - so, who is tipped to join Adam Peaty and Keely Hodgkinson in bagging a gold?

Exhibition of ancient bronzes in Hong Kong illuminates culture, history

Exhibition of ancient bronzes in Hong Kong illuminates culture, history

Exhibition of ancient bronzes in Hong Kong illuminates culture, history

Benin king to keep bronzes returned by UK

The great homeward journey

A ruling over ownership of the Benin bronzes may delay their return

Benin Bronzes made of German brass

Germany returns 20 Benin bronzes to Nigeria, noting ‘dark past’

Benin Bronzes: Germany returns 20 historic sculptures to Nigeria as it addresses its 'dark colonial past'

Germany returns Nigerian bronzes, notes its ‘dark past’

Germany returns Nigerian bronzes, notes its 'dark past'

University of Cambridge to return looted Benin bronzes

Spectacular bronze statue find in Italy to 'rewrite history'

Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy’s Etruscan-Roman history

Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy's Etruscan-Roman history

US museums return African bronzes stolen in 19th century

Completed Humboldt Forum opens in Berlin

Benin Bronzes must not be returned to Nigeria as it ‘profited from slavery’

UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Germany hands first of Benin Bronzes back to Nigeria

Germany, Nigeria sign accord for return of Benin Bronzes

Germany, Nigeria sign accord for return of looted Benin Bronzes