Heritages

24 May

Ethiopia to renovate Guzara palace

ethionegari@gmail.com0 CommentsArt, Business, Culture, News, Politics, TechnologyAddisAbaba, EthioNegari, Ethiopia, Gondar, Gonder, Gorgora, Guzara, Guzarapalace, Heritages, laketana, palace, palacerenovation

Guzara Palace, one of the oldest and historical sites is going to be renovated at a cost of 35.8 million birr. Guzara Palace, which is registered as a world heritage site in the central Gondar zone, started today with a budget of 35 million 800 thousand birr from federal government. Gondor city culture and tourism office expert Mr. Girmachew Mulugeta told that, the renovation work will be completed within a year. Guzara Palace is one of the oldest heritage site and located in the Tana basin. Guzara is a Geez word and It means comfortable. Documentary evidence shows that, those…

10 Mar

More than 500 stolen Ethiopian Artifacts found in England

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About 538 artifacts stolen from Ethiopia were found in England It is stated that the artifacts were looted by soldiers when the British invaded Ethiopia in 1868. When "The Prince and the Planter" was translated into Amharic, the Englishman Andrew Havens, who published a book called "The Prince and the Plunder", is said to have pointed out in detail how about 538 Ethiopian artifacts were taken to England. The national news source, Evening Standard, reported that the author suggested that the artifacts are located in London. The artifacts they mentioned ranged from small sacred books and artifacts to jeweled bracelets,…