Recently, precious Ethiopian artefacts that had been looted were returned to Ethiopia’s UK Ambassador Teferi Melesse Desta at a reception organised by the private, non-profit Scheherazade Foundation in London.
All the artefacts were gifted or secured by private benefactors and included a sacred Tabot, believed to have been looted at Maqdala in 1868, as well as a lock of hair from Prince Alemayu, son of the Abyssinian Emperor Tewodros II.
Dr Jacopo Gnisci, a scholar in Ethiopian studies, had sufficient knowledge to source and return the Tabot to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The Tabot itself, described as a square wooden tablet with inscriptions and artworks, was handed over to a delegation of clergy.
Precious And Historical Artefacts Returned To Ethiopia
