British regiment surrenders bloodstained artefacts of famous Ethiopian emperor
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Personal relics belonging to Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II, seized by British soldiers more than 150 years ago, have been handed back to Ethiopian authorities by a regimental museum in Lancaster.The King's Own Royal Regiment Museum surrendered a lock of the emperor's hair and a piece of his clothing bearing bloodstains from his final moments during a formal ceremony at its base.These items were taken as battlefield trophies following the 1868 siege at the mountain stronghold of Magdala, where Tewodros II died during a confrontation with British imperial forces.Ethiopian officials have described the handover as both symbolically important and a calculated opening move in their wider effort to recover heritage items removed by foreign powers.
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