三级aa视频在线观看-三级国产-三级国产精品一区二区-三级国产三级在线-三级国产在线

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Culture
Home / Culture / Art

The great homeward journey

By Zhao Ruinan | China Daily | Updated: 2023-06-24 09:06
Share
Share - WeChat
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. [Photo/AP]

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 be returned, and Western governments and museums have finally begun to listen.

In December last year Germany handed 20 Benin Bronzes, priceless artifacts that were looted in a violent raid more than a century ago, to Nigeria. The move was widely seen as an important symbolic gesture, with many more of the artifacts expected to be repatriated followed by an agreement signed last July between the two countries to transfer more than 1,100 bronzes in German museums to Nigeria.

Nigeria has been calling for the objects' return for several decades, and the deal is the largest yet.

Annalena Baerbock, Germany's foreign minister, said during the handover ceremony in Abuja that the moment is historic for her country. "We are facing up to our history of colonialism."

Repatriation of such artifacts is just the first step for European countries in facing up to their sometimes dark colonial past.

The Benin Bronzes are sculptures and plaques looted from the ancient Kingdom of Benin — now southern Nigeria, not the modern nation of Benin — by British soldiers in 1897. The city was burnt down, and the British Admiralty auctioned the booty, more than 2,000 artworks, ostensibly to cover the cost of the expedition.

Some were bought by German collectors. The British Museum got about 40 percent of the haul. All the artifacts are now scattered in museums and private collections around the world.

The repatriation had seemed far-fetched as recently as seven years ago. As in other European countries, the subject of restitution had been largely ignored in Germany until recently.

In 2021 France handed 26 artifacts back to Benin, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York struck a deal to transfer ownership of dozens of sculptures to Greece. Iraq has reclaimed 17,000 looted artifacts from the United States.

1 2 3 4 Next   >>|
Most Popular
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 网址黄色 | 伊人狠狠丁香婷婷综合色 | 91精品免费观看 | 麻豆影视视频高清在线观看 | 草草视频免费观看 | 欧美成年免费a级 | 国产欧美亚洲精品第一页青草 | 亚洲欧美日韩一级特黄在线 | 国产自产自拍 | 色很久| 亚洲一区中文字幕 | 六月丁香啪啪六月激情 | 国产一级小视频 | 老汉tv永久视频福利在线观看 | 成人综合在线视频免费观看 | 国产精品自在欧美一区 | 亚洲tv成人天堂在线播放 | 麻豆视频秘密入口 | aaa一级特黄 | 在线黄色网 | 97视频总站 | 亚洲区欧美 | 国产又色又爽黄的网站免费 | 亚洲欧美另类自拍第一页 | 国产h在线播放 | 成人18网址在线观看 | 国产一区二区网站 | 青草资源视频在线高清观看 | 国产日韩视频在线观看 | 欧美不在线 | 欧美成人高清免费大片观看 | 95视频在线播放 | 在线免费观看h片 | 亚洲国产精品一区二区三区久久 | 国产精品欧美一区喷水 | 九九热视频精品在线观看 | 一级毛片国产真人永久在线 | chinese调教在线播放 | 天天躁夜夜躁很很躁2020 | 无码免费一区二区三区免费播放 | 亚洲一区二区三区夜色 |