by Cassie Packard June 24, 2021 In response to appeals from the Ethiopian government, a leather-bound Ethiopian Coptic Bible and a set of Victorian graduated horn beakers were withdrawn from a June 17 sale at Busby, a small auction house in southwest England. The artifacts were looted in 1868 during the Battle of Maqdala, a punitive raid by British colonial forces against Emperor Tewodros II. Negotiations regarding the objects’ repatriation are reportedly underway between the consignor and the Ethiopian government. Tewodros, who reigned from 1855 to 1868, sought to reunify Ethiopia through a series of military campaigns and strategic alliances.
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