Looted Artifacts Pulled from U.K. Auction After Ethiopian Embassy’s Appeal

Artifacts looted by British forces in the 19th century have been pulled from auction following an appeal by the Ethiopian government to the English auctioneers to “stop the cycle of dispossession.” The Guardian first reported the news.
The Ethiopian embassy in London wrote to Busby, an auction house based in Bridgeport, after discovering the items among the lots headed to the block on June 17. The two artifacts, a leather-bound Coptic bible and and set of horn beakers, were plundered