Created Sun 23rd Nov 2008 3:31am PST by 
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WILL the British museums return any Ethiopian treasures stolen in 1868?
Current forecast: 47% chance 
Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 47% likely to happen (unchanged in last 1 day)
Ethiopia is demanding that Britain's museums return some of its most significant religious treasures. President Girma Wolde-Giorgis has personally intervened in a dispute to get the artefacts, including the Ethiopian royal crown, returned home 140 years after they were "looted" by marauding British troops.
The President has written to the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Library and Cambridge University Library seeking the restitution of more than 400 so-called "treasures of Magdala", which were stolen by British soldiers following a battle in 1868.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/ethiopia-demands-stolen-crown-back-1031229.html
The President has written to the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Library and Cambridge University Library seeking the restitution of more than 400 so-called "treasures of Magdala", which were stolen by British soldiers following a battle in 1868.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/ethiopia-demands-stolen-crown-back-1031229.html
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Created Sun 23rd Nov 2008 3:31am PST by curios
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score: 10
BBC 1 day ago
at the British Museum, can already see the site transformed into a museum for Basra's many ancient treasures. Before I left for Basra, I met him in the British Museum's rooms full of Assyrian wall reliefs, and had just enough time to marvel at the
score: 10
Telegraph 2 days ago
winter weekend, helping them to uncover the secrets of these botanical playgrounds, and understand more about our islands marine heritage. Tangled rubbery strands of bladderwrack and green slimy sea lettuce drape rocks and pool-beds. Look out too, for
score: 10
Guardian Unlimited 4 days ago
walk from the museum. Ever since, archaeologists have searched in vain for the tomb of Nebamun and any treasures that it may still contain. The Nebamun paintings have - to say the least - a colourful history, and the task of unravelling it, and for
score: 10
The Independent 5 days ago
would be an excellent way to save some money and at the same time discover some of the treasures that lie on our own doorstep. We are even due some decent sunshine this summer. What more invitation is required? Interesting? Click here to explore further
score: 10
New Zealand Herald 2 weeks ago
Ancient treasures stolen from museums in the anarchic aftermath of the United States-led invasion of Iraq five years ago have been found in Basra, in one of the biggest recoveries of the
Next thing you know, Britain will want the US back...Well...after major economy and political repairs...They would do well to wait a few years before asking...
The Norsemen looted and pillaged the eastern side of England over many years. When will the reparations come I want to know?
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