Loot of the day: Is now a good time to mention the five, maybe six, maybe more healing scrolls taken during the British 'expedition' to Ethiopia in 1868, now in London's Wellcome Collection @ExploreWellcome @profdanhicks? Including https://wellcomecollection.org/works/praznpsh #ethiopia #maqdala #loot
MS Ethiopian 7

19th century prayers of magical character

Wellcome Collection
The @ExploreWellcome collection also has this image of Ethiopia's King of Kings Tewodros II after he killed himself as the British/Indian troops moved in. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/wjecckea/images?id=dkzy9u3g [See full credit in Alt Text] #ethiopia #tewodros #maqdala #magdala
Theodore (Téwodros) II, Emperor of Ethiopia, on his death bed. Lithograph by James Ferguson after C.F. James.

Wellcome Collection