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The Benin Bronzes and the road to restitution
貝南青銅的萬里歸途

Why a digital record of the kingdom’s looted treasures marks a new era in the battle to reclaim its history
爲什麼這個王國被掠奪的寶藏的數字記錄標誌着收復歷史之戰進入了一個新時代。

Approaching the Benin City National Museum in Nigeria’s southern state of Edo — paint peeling, lawns weathered, stranded within a busy roundabout — there is no credible hint of the treasures inside. But once you step into its galleries, away from the heaving traffic, the grandeur of a defeated kingdom comes strikingly, painfully, to life.

走近位於奈及利亞南部埃多(Edo)州的貝南市國家博物館(Benin City National Museum)——油漆剝落,草坪風化,滯留在繁忙的環島上——沒有任何可信的跡象表明裏面有珍寶。但一旦你走出熙熙攘攘的車流,走進它的長廊,一個早已敗亡的王國的雄偉壯麗就會栩栩如生。

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