livusMar 31, 2024

British Museum investigated over Ethiopian artefacts hidden from view for 150 years

**Watchdog examining claims key details have not been disclosed about altar tablets it is facing calls to return** The British Museum is being investigated by the information watchdog over claims it has been overly secretive about some of the most sensitive items in its collection – a group of sacred Ethiopian altar tablets... #maqdala #uk #ethiopia #britishmuseum #stolenartefacts #ethiopiantabots #colonialism #europe #africa #worldnews

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/mar/31/british-museum-investigated-ethiopian-artefacts-hidden-view-150-years-maqdala-tabots

British Museum investigated over Ethiopian artefacts hidden from view for 150 years

Watchdog examining claims key details have not been disclosed about altar tablets that museum is facing calls to return

The Guardian
William HeathJul 7, 2023

Live from Fairfield House Bath from 1330 Sat 8 July: the astonishing and shameful story of *The Prince and the Plunder* with author Andrew Heavens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvuu9Mhorec

#Ethiopia #Maqdala

The Ethiopian Tribune Live from Fairfield House city of Bath on thrilling story of Ethiopian Prince

YouTube
Show threadLoot & PlunderApr 24, 2023
The first paper I turned to - "Repatriation from Scottish Museums: A Short Report" by @aberdeenuni's Neil Curtis and @hunteriandir Steph Scholten - stirred memories of past defeats https://www.ejournals.eu/SAACLR/2022/2-2022/art/23356/ @EdUniLibraries #AFROMET #magdala #maqdala #ethiopia

Loot & PlunderMar 25, 2023
A big big deal. Thanks for the link @iyoba4u. Does anyone know where this is in Addis? Would be very grateful if anyone could also get a closeup of the labels.
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RT @PressEthio
Ethiopia Heritage Authority (EHA) launched a temporary exhibition to display returned artifacts looted during the Battle of #Maqdala in 1868 at different times. https://press.et/herald/?p=70898
https://twitter.com/PressEthio/status/1639547430738837504
 Authority commences unveiling artifacts returned from abroad – Ethiopian Press Agency

Loot & PlunderMar 2, 2023
It's not all crowns and sacred carvings. Today's addition to the Ethiopian plunder database - a pair of curved iron scissors brought back by the @britishmuseum's expert on Britain's 1868 Abyssinia "expedition". Strangely, not on display. #ethiopia #maqdala https://www.theprinceandtheplunder.com/2018/01/13/scissors/
Loot & PlunderFeb 24, 2023
Thrilled to see my book "The Prince and the Plunder" in this week's Economist. It calls it a "vivid new book" and includes an interview with @frezerhaile who takes the whole repatriation debate on into new territory. #ethiopia #loot #plunder #maqdala https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/02/23/how-an-ethiopian-prince-came-to-be-buried-at-windsor-castle
How an Ethiopian prince came to be buried at Windsor Castle

His story is a parable of the pain and guilt of colonial-era looting

The Economist
Loot & PlunderFeb 18, 2023
Three more items for the Ethiopian plunder database today. Gold discs taken "from the cross on the altar at Magdala", now in the British Museum. Here are their entries: https://www.theprinceandtheplunder.com/2023/02/18/gold-disc-showing-crucifixion/, https://www.theprinceandtheplunder.com/2023/02/18/gold-disc-from-abyssinia/ and https://www.theprinceandtheplunder.com/2023/02/18/gold-disc-showing-angel/ #ethiopia #loot #plunder #maqdala
Loot & PlunderFeb 7, 2023
Some of Ethiopia's Maqdala plunder was last seen on display in a Leeds art show in 1868. Where is it now? The Yorkshire Post covers my appeal asking locals to check their attics and cupboards for the loot. #maqdala #ethiopia #loot #theprinceandtheplunder https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/historians-bid-to-trace-lost-loot-plundered-by-the-british-during-colonial-war-in-ethiopia-that-was-last-seen-in-leeds-general-infirmary-in-1868-4017467
Loot & PlunderFeb 7, 2023
The Prince and the Plunder has surged to the coveted No. 1 spot in Amazon's Ethiopian history chart! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prince-Plunder-hundreds-treasures-Ethiopia/dp/0750997362/ref=zg_bs_271183_sccl_1/259-5800047-4162450?psc=1 Thanks to everyone who has bought it up to now. #ethiopia #alemayehu #alamayu #maqdala #plunder
Loot & PlunderJan 20, 2023
The memorial to Ethiopia's Prince Alemayehu in Rugby School Chapel! (Thanks to the school for letting me in for a rousing service this morning.) "M:S: ALAMAYV ABYSSINIENSIS THEODORI ET TERVWARKAE GNATI VNICI ..." Any Latin scholars out there? #rugbyschool #ethiopia #maqdala