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the treasure The British Museum Adulis fragments Captain W. Goodfellow of the Royal Engineers made some quick excavations in Adulis (in modern day Eritrea) in the aftermath of the seige, from May 28 to June 9 1868. He sent two cases of fragments home including "a bas-relief representing a cross", suggesting an early Christian site. Panel of tablet-woven silk This ecclesiastical cloth, part of a triptych that would have screened off the inner sanctum of a church, is currently on display as part of the British Museum's African collection. Shield with lion's mane This hide shield with velvet and silverwork, with a lion's mane pendant, is currently on display as part of the British Museum's African collection. Tabots (9) The British Museum currently holds nine tabots taken in the aftermath of the battle of Magdala. Given the sacred nature of the tabots, Museum staff have promised never to put them on display. The gesture is appreciated. But it raises the question of why the Museum is insisting on holding on to exhibits that it can never show. |
treasure count: (still counting)468 items still missing 10 items returned search treasure full list of missing treasure returned treasure see more human remains icons manuscripts military hardware miscellaneous personal effects religious artefacts royal regalia tabots current locations The British Library The British Museum Duke of Wellington's Regimental Museum Halifax Dundee University Museum Edinburgh University Library The John Rylands Uni Library Lancaster Museum & Priory National Archives of Scotland The Schøyen Collection The Victoria & Albert Museum Windsor Castle Other locations powered by Movable Type 2.63 |