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The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts

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The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts

A Vox explainer on how many of the British Museum's treasures were taken during British imperial rule, focusing on the Benin Bronzes and requests for their return.

Cited as an accessible overview of the looted-artifacts debate around the British Museum.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2020–2022

Topics

  • Media, journalism & propaganda
  • World history
  • Visual arts, photography & architecture

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