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Germany returns 21 Benin bronzes to Nigeria – amid frustration at Britain

Artefacts looted in 19th century by UK soldiers and sold on, with many more still held by the British Museum

The Guardian - UK

Germany hands over 20 looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Germany has handed over 20 Benin Bronzes from its museums to Nigeria, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday, making it the latest European country to return cultural artefacts to their African homeland.

Reuters

Pope Francis orders Parthenon marbles held by Vatican be returned to Greece

Three 2,500-year-old pieces will be ‘donated’ to Greece’s Archbishop Ieronymos II amid wider conversation about future of Parthenon marbles held by Britain

The Guardian - AU

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Pope Francis orders return to Greece of Parthenon sculptures held in Vatican

Pope Francis has decided to return to Greece three 2,500-year-old pieces of the Parthenon that have been in the papal collections of the Vatican Museums for more than a century.

Reuters

Pope returns Greece's Parthenon Sculptures in ecumenical nod

Pope Francis has decided to give back to Greece the three fragments of Parthenon marbles that the Vatican Museums have held for centuries

The Independent UK

The British Museum throws a party with Marvel heroes and drag queens

Spiderman and Thor made an appearance

Evening Standard

Cambridge University to return over 100 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria

Move to see restitution of 116 historical objects taken by British during the sacking of Benin in 1897

The Guardian - UK

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Is the writing on the wall for the British Museum’s BP deal?

Chair of the museum, George Osborne, says it no longer wants to be a ‘destination for climate protest’

The Guardian - UK

Greece seeks 'win-win' deal on Parthenon Sculptures in UK

Cabinet ministers from the Greek and British governments have discussed Greece’s bid to get the Parthenon Sculptures back from London

The Independent UK

‘No plan’ for law change to allow return of Elgin Marbles from British Museum to Greece, says Downing Street

Former chancellor George Osborne holding ‘secret talks’ with Greek prime minister

Evening Standard

No 10 rules out law change for return of Parthenon marbles

No plans to amend legislation that could stop removal back to Greece, after secret talks held over their future

The Guardian - UK

No plans to change law over Parthenon Sculptures row, says No 10

The British Museum is prevented by law from disposing of objects in its collection except in limited circumstances.

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil activists occupy beds in Harrods in protest against fuel poverty

Protesters take to luxury beds and sofas in London store to call for action on ‘sky-rocketing’ energy bills

The Guardian - UK

British Museum reportedly in talks on Parthenon Sculptures

The British Museum has pledged not to dismantle its collection following a report that the institution’s chairman has held secret talks with Greece’s prime minister over the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles

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Daily Mirror

Harrods comes under siege as protestors hijack bed and sofa displays

Just Stop Oil activists got into a bed and laid on sofas in the Harrods department store, in Knightsbridge, London, before being escorted out by a reported 20 security guards

The Guardian - UK

Neon wonders, sex scandals and the horror of modernism – the week in art

Light relief from the 24 Hour Psycho creator, York becomes sin city, and the dark heart of modernist architecture is exposed

The Independent UK

Egyptians calls for return of the Rosetta Stone

A petition to have the relic returned has garnered over 100,000 signatures

Chicago Sun-Times

Egyptians demand return of Rosetta stone from the British Museum

The inscriptions on the dark grey granite slab became the seminal breakthrough in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics after it was taken from Egypt by forces of the British empire in 1801.

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Evening Standard

Watch: Egyptians demand return of Rosetta Stone from British Museum

Thousands of Egyptians have demanded the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum. The bilingual carvings on the relic proved to be the breakthrough in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics after being unearthed by colonialists in Egypt in 1799. The stone is the centrepiece of a new…

Al Jazeera

‘Act of plunder’: Egyptians want the Rosetta Stone back

It helped decipher hieroglyphics, and now Egyptians want it back from the British Museum.

Evening Standard

Egyptians demand return of Rosetta Stone from British Museum

Thousands of Egyptians have demanded the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egyptians Call on British Museum to Return Rosetta Stone

The debate over who owns ancient artifacts has been an increasing challenge to museums across Europe and America, and the spotlight has fallen on the most visited piece in the British Museum: The Rosetta Stone. The inscriptions on the dark grey granite slab became the seminal breakthrough in deciphering ancient…

The Independent UK

Egyptians call on British Museum to return Rosetta Stone

Thousands of Egyptians are demanding that the British Museum return the Rosetta Stone

Evening Standard

London’s Horniman Museum returns looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The Horniman Museum in south-east London officially handed over ownership of the artefacts to the Nigerian government on Monday

Reuters

Greece PM senses "momentum" in "Elgin Marbles" talks with Britain

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday there was "progress" and a sense of "momentum" in talks with Britain to reunite the Parthenon Sculptures in Greece.

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