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Erosion control project: Edo diverts traffic, closes sections of Murtala Mohammed Way for four weeks

Erosion control project: Edo diverts traffic, closes sections of Murtala Mohammed Way for four weeks
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The Benin Bronzes Aren t Just Ancient History Meet the Contemporary Casters Who Are Still Making Them Today

The Benin Bronzes Aren’t Just Ancient History. Meet the Contemporary Casters Who Are Still Making Them Today In an excerpt from his new book, Barnaby Phillips visits contemporary casters who are still making bronzes using ancient techniques. May 13, 2021 Craftsman finishing polishing the last details of a bronze statuette made using the technique of lost wax casting, used in the kingdom of Benin before the European colonizers arrived. Photo by Jorge Fernández/LightRocket via Getty Images. , Barnaby Phillips, a journalist specializing in African affairs, looks at the past and future of the contested sculptures, thousands of which were stolen during a 19th-century punitive British raid of the Benin Royal Palace in modern-day Nigeria. In this excerpt, Phillips visits contemporary casters who are still making bronzes using ancient techniques, but largely working from images, given that their heritage is held in museums abroad.

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