From gold rush towns to fossil-filled caves and living art hubs, these South African museums prove that culture and history ...

Famous Benin Bronzes from West Africa used metal sourced in Germany. ... British military expedition in 1897 and distributed or sold to various European museums, with many ending up in German museums.

The repatriation of stolen objects has become a ritual of self-purification through purgation—but who it really serves is less clear than it might seem.