Tewodros II chose to kill himself than surrendering to the British.Photograph: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images. A London based museum has agreed to return two locks of hair said to have ...

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A museum in Britain has agreed to return a ruler's locks of hair cut from his corpse by a British soldier more than 150 years ago, Ethiopia said on Monday. Emperor Tewodros II ...

The Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in London welcomes and commends the unanimous decision by the Trustees of the National Army Museum to return locks of hair belonging to ...

Ethiopia February 11th, 1855. Tewodros II, once labeled as an outlaw in his country, he was now one of the greatest leaders of Ethiopia! Acting as an excellent strategist Tewodros II knew Ethiopia ...

Research Associate and the author of Understanding Religion and Social Change in Ethiopia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), and the editor of The Healing of Memories (Rowan & Littlefield, 2018). Follow him ...

Following the Battle of Magdala, orphaned Prince Alemayehu was taken by British soldiers to Britian. Taken under the wing of British nobility, Alemayehu was entirely severed from his life in Ethiopia.

LONDON — In April 1868, Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia killed himself with a pistol that had been given to him by Queen Victoria, so that he didn’t have to surrender to an invading British force. A ...

The remains of an Ethiopian prince who died in 1879, will remain buried at Windsor Castle, despite pleas from the boy’s descendants for his body to be returned to his home country. The remains of ...

Buckingham Palace has refused to release the remains of an Ethiopian prince buried in the UK. Prince Alemayehu, born in 1861, was taken to the UK as a child and died at the age of 18. Ethiopia's ...