17/09/2024
Digitisation Workshop of IGBO-UKWU bronzes at the National Museum, Lagos
Written by Ogechukwu Elizabeth Okpalanozie, Assistant Director, National Museum, Lagos (Nigeria, ITP 2023) and Ferdinand Saumarez Smith (Director, Factum Foundation, London) The Igbo-Ukwu bronzes were archaeologically excavated by Prof. Thurstan Shawin 1960‒1964, in the town of Igbo-Ukwu located in South-East Nigeria. The bronzes were found through accidental discovery when a man, Isaiah Anozie, was digging […]
