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Since travels in Ethiopia in 1769-70 by the Scottish explorer James Bruce (who had learned the ancient Ethiopian language of Ge'ez in Portugal) senior British Freemasons have been aware of Ethiopia's special religious claims. These include the claim of possession of the ________________ at the holy city of Axum in Tigré province. James Bruce was a Freemason who was a descendant of King Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce).