Saleroom pulls ‘looted artefacts from Maqdala’ after Ethiopian appeal

A group of Ethiopian works of art believed to have been taken during the Battle of Maqdala in 1868 has been withdrawn from a Dorset auction after the Embassy of Ethiopia intervened.

The items (pictured) are now due to return to Ethiopia following an agreement reached between the …

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