法国将3 500件古代文物归还给埃塞俄比亚,其中包括200万年前使用的工具。 France returns 3,500 ancient artifacts to Ethiopia, including tools up to 2 million years old.
法国已将约3 500件考古文物归还埃塞俄比亚,可追溯到200万年前。 France has returned about 3,500 archaeological artifacts to Ethiopia, dating back up to 2 million years. 这些物品,包括史前石头工具,是从Melka Kunture场址挖掘出来的,自1980年代以来由法国保管,用于研究。 These items, including prehistoric stone tools, were excavated from the Melka Kunture site and held by France since the 1980s for research. 遣返被视为两国在考古学方面合作的继续,而不是归还,因为这些文物从来不是法国公共收藏的一部分。 The repatriation is seen as a continuation of cooperation between the two countries in archaeology, not as a restitution, since the artifacts were never part of French public collections.