Vox video examines contested objects in the British Museum

A Vox Magazine video investigates the British Museum's collection of over 8 million artifacts, many acquired through colonial confiscation and theft. The video focuses on the Benin Bronzes, a collection of sculptures and reliefs looted by British soldiers in 1897, which have been the subject of a long-standing restitution dispute. It also mentions other contested items: the Rosetta Stone (Egypt), the Parthenon Marbles (Greece), Easter Island heads, and Shiva sculptures (India). The British Museum, visited by millions annually, houses these objects despite ongoing calls for their return.