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The Egyptian mummy Shep-en-Isis and the thorny question of repatriation

The remains of an Egyptian mummy displayed in St Gallen in northeast Switzerland have sparked controversy.

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Looted colonial art: There are no limits to restitution

Swiss museums still hold various artworks looted from the African Kingdom of Benin a century ago. Nigeria is now looking to get them back. Ein neuer Bericht zeigt: Auch Schweizer Museen zeigten jahrzehntelang Raubkunst aus dem afrikanischen Königreich Benin. Nun wird mit Nigeria über deren Zukunft diskutiert.

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Confiscated Russian money and looted African art.

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Systematically looted? The complex paths of non-Western art

Curator Esther Tisa talks about the challenges in tracking down where art objects came from and who traded in them.

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Global survey: where in the world are the Benin bronzes?

Treasures looted in a British military attack on the royal palace of Benin in 1897 are scattered between as many as 160 museums and institutions worldwide © Katherine Hardy Germany set the stage for a global movement to restitute colonial loot with its March announcement that it plans to hand over the Benin bronzes to Nigeria. The return of the treasures which were looted in a British military attack on the royal palace of Benin in 1897 from as many as 25 German museums is part of a bilateral deal that will also involve Germany in archaeological excavations and the construction of a new museum in Benin City.

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