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Hairpin of Empress Tiruwork to be restored to Ethiopia after more than 150 years

Royal Ethiopian Trust
03 Dec 2025
Ethiopia
Italy
RM* 04 Dec 2025

The Royal Ethiopian Trust announces the acquisition and planned repatriation of a 19th-century gold hairpin belonging to Empress Tiruwork, wife of Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia. It is one of thousands of artifacts seized by British troops following the battle of Magdala in 1868.

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