Britain Returns Looted Ethiopian Relic
From Times Wire Services
LONDON —
An oblong wooden box that was part of the loot seized by British forces in an attack on the Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros in 1868 and that ended up in a church in Edinburgh, Scotland, is on its way back to Ethiopia.
The box, called the “tabot,” represents the Ark of the Covenant. It was handed over this week at a ceremony in St. John’s Episcopal Church, where it was discovered last year by the rector, the Rev. John McLuckie.
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