{"id":29924,"date":"2026-06-17T15:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/?p=29924"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:27:29","slug":"return-of-ethiopian-palaeontological-collections-held-at-cerege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/restitution-de-collections-paleontologiques-ethiopiennes-conservees-au-cerege\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of Ethiopian palaeontological collections held at CEREGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29924\" class=\"elementor elementor-29924\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58a8688 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58a8688\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3519e10\" data-id=\"3519e10\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-58dafb1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58dafb1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-877dc5f\" data-id=\"877dc5f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3139aef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3139aef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><strong>On 15 June 2026, an official ceremony to return palaeontological collections took place in Addis Ababa, attended by the Ethiopian Heritage Authority, the French Centre for Ethiopian Studies (CFEE), CEREGE and several scientific and institutional partners.<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"p1\">The samples in question had been discovered in Ethiopia during scientific expeditions carried out in the 1960s and 1970s. Having been held at CEREGE for several decades as part of long-standing Franco-Ethiopian scientific collaborations, they have been officially handed over to the Ethiopian authorities to be added to the national collections.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">CEREGE is proud to have contributed to this initiative, which illustrates the importance of international partnerships in advancing scientific knowledge and promoting World Heritage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3ea4d6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a3ea4d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7472891015390121984\/\" 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