V&A's Ethiopian treasures: A crown, a wedding dress and other loot - BBC
2018年4月4日 — The UK's Victoria and Albert Museum has offered to return on loan treasures to Ethiopia seized by British troops 150 years ago, including an ornate crown, a royal wedding dress and a gold...
Crown jewels - Wikipedia
Most of the crown jewels of the Muhammad Ali dynasty are at the Museum at Abdeen Palace in Cairo. The principal crowns worn by Ethiopian emperors and empresses regnant are unique in that they are made to be worn over a turban.
Looted Maqdala Treasures Returned to Ethiopia After 150 …
2021年9月10日 — Artifacts including a Bible and an imperial shield seized by British forces during the 1868 Battle of Maqdala are returning to Ethiopia. As the Ethiopian News Agency reports, the Scheherazade...
Why Britain Won't Return Ethiopia's Sacred Treasures - The Atlantic
2019年7月9日 — A crown seized by British troops at the battle of Maqdala in 1868 in Ethiopia is pictured at an exhibition, “Maqdala 1868: A Reflection on the 1868 Siege and Battle at Maqdala," at the Victoria...
Maqdala 1868 • V&A Blog
2018年4月4日 — It is a work of exquisite craftsmanship and an important symbol of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church: a gold crown, alloyed with silver and copper with filigree work and glass beads. Constructed of an inner raised and domed cylinder, with green fabric between the embossed tiers, the crown is completed with images of the Apostles.
Maqdala collection - British Museum
The British Museum's collection includes around 80 objects from the northern Ethiopian locality of Maqdala (now known as Amba Mariam), where in the second half of the 19th century Emperor Tewodros II (reigned 1855–1868) built a fortress, library and treasury.
Precious Ethiopian Crown Returned — After 21 Years …
2020年2月20日 — More than two decades after it went missing, a ceremonial crown dating back to the 18th century has found its way home to Ethiopia. The country's prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, received the...
Looted Ethiopian Crown Resurfaces in the Netherlands
2019年10月3日 — Ethiopian officials have been working with the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to seek the return of 19th-century Ethiopian objects, including a crown, a chalice, a wedding dress and...
Looted 18th Century Crown Returned to Ethiopia After Decades
2020年2月20日 — A rare and looted crown from the 18th century was returned to Ethiopia on Thursday after it was discovered in the Netherlands two decades ago.
Crown Jewels - Africa - Ethiopia - LiquiSearch
Ethiopia The principal crowns worn by Ethiopian emperors and empresses regnant are unique in that they are made to be worn over a turban. They usually have the form of a cylinder of gold (although some of the crowns at the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum have the form of a gold cube) with a convex dome on the top with usually some form ...