The government of Ethiopia has called for the cancellation of a sale of a shield at a British auction house. The object was looted in 1868 during the Battle of Maqdala, a punitive expedition against ...
In response to appeals from the Ethiopian government, a leather-bound Ethiopian Coptic Bible and a set of Victorian graduated horn beakers were withdrawn from a June 17 sale at Busby, a small auction ...
A UK auction house cancelled the sale Thursday of a shield taken from Ethiopia by British soldiers in the 19th century, after pressure from the East African country's government. The Barron's news ...