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This 18th-century Gospel has reignited a fierce battle over Ethiopia’s looted heritage

theconversation.com/this-18th-century-gospel-has-reignited-a-fierce-battle-over-ethiopias-looted-heritage-292625

A looted 18th-century Ethiopian gospel, seized from Emperor Tewodros's fortress in 1868, went on sale in Abu Dhabi with a €250,000 price tag far above what such manuscripts usually fetch. Ethiopian heritage officials are now demanding its unconditional withdrawal and return.

— via The Conversation — History, Jacopo Gnisci, Lecturer in Art and Visual Cultures of the Global South, UCL

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