With which crown was Emperor Tewodros coronated 170 years ago?
With which crown was Emperor Tewodros coronated 170 years ago? By Alula Pankhurst, Eloi Ficquet, Margaux Herman, Xavier de Saint Chamas Emperor Tewodros was coronated by the Egyptian Abuna Salama 170 years ago, on 11 February 1855. One of his crowns, currently in the National Palace Museum, was restituted and repatriated 70 years ago by Queen Elisabeth and handed over to Emperor Haile Selassie on 8th February 1955. In this blog we speculate about which crown was used in his coronation ceremo...
Publication Details
- Journal
- Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra)
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.58079/13axd
- Primary Topic
- African history and culture analysis
- Type
- article
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- 0.00