Re:Benin Bronzes Were Looted 123 Years Ago. Will They Ever B...
by pnako on Monday January 27, 2020 @06:02PM
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The irony of this is that European art pieces are probably rotting so we can display African potteries and rusty blades.
For this reason alone we send all that stuff back (we keep the Egyptian stuff though).
> [An] investigation by the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper found that many of the artifacts that will be on display in the Humboldt Forum, a huge new museum under construction in a rebuilt Berlin palace, had for years been stored in less-than-ideal conditions. The report featured searing depictions of flooded storage rooms and depots choked with toxic dust.