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
Show threadlivus

This is the crazy part:

Because the tabots will never be exhibited or studied – they are thought to be held in a sealed room that can only be entered by Ethiopian clergy – they fit this category, the organisation believes.

Mar 31, 2024 at 11:48amWeb
Show threadmaculataMar 31, 2024

Super crazy. NOTHING is ‘sacred’ except in someone’s dumb-ass backwards whackadoodle.

Open them up. Photograph them. Study them. Give ‘em back too for goodness sakes.

Show threadlivusMar 31, 2024
There's no way they haven't already photographed them and studied them. They've had them since the 1860s, which was loooong before they had respect for other cultures.