Hundreds of cultural treasures seized from Ethiopia found in London
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H undreds of cultural treasures seized from Ethiopia by British soldiers have been identified in the capital after new research.Author Andrew Heavens, whose book The Prince and the Plunder details how the treasure was brought back to this country after the British invaded in 1868, has catalogued 538 items in London including everything from scraps of manuscript torn up and stuffed inside a charm bracelet to royal finery and holy relics.
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