In 1974 a Soviet-backed military junta (the ‘Derg’) deposed Haile Selassie as Emperor, and he was kept under house arrest at the Imperial Palace. He died a year later while still under arrest. In 1992 his remains were discovered, buried under a toilet in the Palace, and transferred to the church of Ba’ata Mariam Geta.
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The Burial of Emperor Haile Selassie: Photographs by Peter Marlow
An exhibition of images by renowned Magnum photographer Peter Marlow from Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's burial ceremony in 2000, twenty-five years after his death.

