about 90 percent of artifacts belonging to africa are being illegally held in western museums and
libraries welcome to tuna cherokee and in today's video we will look at some of the top 10 prizeless
african artifacts stolen from africa before we get into the video remember to subscribe and drink the
notification bell so that you don't miss out on any of our videos number 10 doom of tutankhamun
also known as king toot king tutankhamun was an ancient egyptian pharaoh and son to king akineton
his tomb was significant as it was used to record what egyptian tombs looks like it's estimated
value is well over 1.2 million dollars number nine bangor queen cameroon germany france the
bangor queen is a sculpture of great spiritual importance to the bangwa a people indigenous to
the western part of cameroon the wooden carving represents the power and health of the bangwa
at an estimated value of four million dollars the sculpture was looted by german colonialists
and later given to the darpa foundation in paris france number eight babu birds zimbabwe
germany britain the zimbabwe birds are stone camped birds found in the ruins of the ancient
city of great zimbabwe the birds were looted by both germany and britain and out to date only
eight of the birds were ever recovered with a total estimated value of five million dollars
number seven savaman eaters kenya britain usa the savo man eaters were a pair of man-eating
male lions in the sava region of kenya which were responsible for the deaths of dozens of
construction workers on the kenya uganda railway the lion skins were sold to the american field
museum of natural history by britain for a sum of five thousand dollars in 1924
and today accounting for inflation would be estimated to be a whopping 84 million dollars
number six 18th century ethiopian crown
ethiopia the 18th century crown which has great religious significance went missing from a church
in ethiopia 20 plus years ago but was returned by the dutch government to the ethiopian government
its value is priceless number five noc terracotta heads nigeria usa these are
sculptures made of terracotta that portray human heads human figures and animals found in nigeria
they are believed to be the earliest sculptures produced in africa the hands are currently on
display in the metropolitan museum of art with each estimated at about one million dollars
number four akan gold weights ghana retains scotland depicting important proverbs and
symbols from akan culture akan gold weights illuminate intricacies of a complex society
and historical networks of commerce some of the gold weights are currently on display
at the national museums in scotland there were some estimated 3 million gold weights with an
average weight of 3 ounces totaling to current gold value of 15 billion dollars
number three the rosetta stone egypt franz britain the risotto stone is a stone composed
of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in memphis egypt in 196 bc
it is currently on display in the british museum london having passed into british
hands after the french surrender of egypt in 1801 this stone has no value and it is priceless
number two nefertiti bast egypt germany the nefertiti bast is a boss of nefertiti the
great royal wife of egyptian pharaoh akhenaten it is one of the most copied wax of ancient egypt
it was looted in 1912 by a german team and is currently on display at the news museum in berlin
the bus today cannot be measured in value the insurance values is in the tens of millions
but the original bus remains a priceless treasure and the number one most priceless african works
of art stolen from africa goes to benin bronzes the banane bronzes are priceless pieces of art
that come from the ancient kingdom of benin now in southern nigeria benin bronzes include carved
stolen so the total value should be 47 billion dollars thanks for watching please subscribe
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