Long before Black Panther hit theatres, museums have been under pressure to repatriate artifacts in their collections to the cultures from which they were obtained. The conversation around repatriation has been going since 70 BCE, but new technologies, laws, museum policies – and even movies – are changing the narrative. Is a resolution on the horizon, or has the modern age created a new set of issues?

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