Dutch return rare crown, kept in a Rotterdam apartment, to Ethiopia
Dutch return rare crown, kept in a Rotterdam apartment, to Ethiopia
A rare 18th century copper crown, which had been kept in a Rotterdam apartment for 20 years, has been returned to Ethiopia, with the help of the Dutch government. The crown had been kept by Ethiopian refugee Sirak Asfaw since, he says, he found it bag left by an Ethiopian visitor to his flat in 1998. Thinking it had been stolen, he refused to give it back to the regime at the time, because, he says, he feared officials had... More >
