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b'This is a special episode of The Archaeology Show hosted by Tristan Boyle.\\nRecently it was announced that a Benin Bronze, a statue head of an "Oba" or\\nking, would be returned from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland to Nigeria.\\nHead of Special Collections, Neil Curtis describes the process of repatriating\\nthe item as well as what that means for other items in the collection.\\nRecently a number of books have been published that talk about the punitive\\nexpedition of 1897, where the British razed the city of Benin (modern day\\nNigeria) and looted various items from the people of Benin. Over the years,\\nthese cultural items were bought or taken into many museums, including the\\nBritish Museum, National Museum of Scotland and Berlin Museum. Dan Hicks\' recent\\nbook The Brutish Museums (Interviewed on Modern Myth) and Barnaby Philip\'s Loot\\nboth describe the violent removal of the Benin Bronzes by the British and where\\nthey are held today.\\nNeil, however, makes the point that repatriating items back to communities is\\nnot a reactive process, and that this item in question had been in discussion\\nfor a while.\\nLinks\\n * The University of Aberdeen\'s Museums [https://www.abdn.ac.uk/museums/]\\n * News Article about repatriation\\n [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/25/university-of-aberdeen-to-return-pillaged-benin-bronze-to-nigeria]\\n * Neil Curtis\\n [https://www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/departments/archaeology/profiles/neil.curtis]\\n\\nContact\\n * Chris Webster\\n * chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com\\n\\nPlease Visit Our Sponsors!\\n * Archaeology Southwest Cafe:\\n https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe/\\n\\nAffiliates\\n * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/]\\n * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff]\\n * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]'