I haven’t heard any heritage or discovery that’s returned once it left its origin (Ethiopia) under the name of ‘FURTHER STUDY’. Sorry to say it, but I have a feeling that it is in such a way that Ethiopia lost many of its treasures. … ‘This was the most astounding of all our projects and the Patriarch, the head of the Ethiopian Church, had to give his permission.
… ‘All the work on the texts was done in situ and everything is reversible, so if in future they can be taken away for further conservation we won’t have hindered that. ‘We believe that preserving Ethiopia’s cultural heritage will help to increase visitor revenue and understanding of the extraordinary history of this country. ‘We are currently undertaking other restoration programmes on wall paintings and religious texts. ‘Most of the experts did the work for nothing. ‘This was the most astounding of all our projects and the Patriarch, the head of the Ethiopian Church, had to give his permission.
‘The Garima Gospels have been kept high and dry which has helped preserve them all these years and they are kept in the dark so the colours look fresh. ‘The pages had been crudely stitched together in a restoration in the 1960s and some of the pages wouldn’t even turn. ‘All the work on the texts was done in situ and everything is reversible, so if in future they can be taken away for further conservation we won’t have hindered that. ‘Many of these old Christian relics can only be reached by hiking and climbing to remote monasteries as roads are limited in these mountainous regions. It is now hoped the Gospels will be put in a museum at the monastery where visitors will be able to view them.īlair Priday from the Ethiopian Heritage Fund said: ‘Ethiopia has been overlooked as a source of these fantastic things. The incredible relic has been kept ever since in the Garima Monastery near Adwa in the north of Ethiopia
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