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PARIS — France this week returned 26 treasures and pieces of art, looted during the colonial era, to its former colony of Benin, marking the most significant restitution of artifacts so far under ...

PARIS, Oct 8 (Reuters) - France will give back to Benin artworks that were taken from the former French colony's Royal Palaces of Abomey, which has since become a UNESCO World Heritage site, French ...

(PARIS) — Twenty-six looted royal treasures will return to their country of origin this week after nearly 130 years of French ownership, as debate continues over repatriating artifacts. The pieces ...

ABOMEY, Benin -- Some of the massive, blood-red mud walls with their carefully crafted bas-relief images of past wars still stand in this ancient "City of Kings," and cannons traded by the French for ...

The historical museum of Abomey, Benin, on the site also planned to host Benin’s new museum. YANICK FOLLY/AFP/Getty Images The histories of colonialism and art are hopelessly intertwined; it’s ...

The restitution of the objects is hoped to repair French relations with African nations. Large royal statues from the kingdom of Dahomey,Benin dating to 1890–92 at the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris.

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The pilfered 26 artifacts, which include thrones and sacred altars, are the first of many that might be returned to the continent after being in Europe for so long. Twenty-six prized possessions known ...

At its eighteenth session, the Committee requested the World Heritage Centre to send a "monitoring" mission to the group of eleven of the Palaces of Abomey to evaluate their state of conservation. The ...