Ethiopia: Did you mean...?

The flag was adopted by Somalia when that state was created in 1960. The five points of the star represent the regions Somali people live in East Africa. In the colonial period, these regions were part of British Somaliland, French Somaliland...

Ethiopian icon featuring the Nine Saints, nine missionaries who are considered instrumental in spreading Christianity to the Kingdom of Axum. Abba Pentalewon Monastery, near Axum, Ethiopia.

Amedeo Duke of Aosta (1898-1942), Viceroy of Ethiopia, with British General Mosley Mayne (1889-1955) and other British officers after the Italian surrender to the British troops at Amba Alagi. The Duke of Aosta was in charge of the Italian...

Italian Fascist Marshal Rodolfo Graziani (1882-1955) visiting Mogadishu as viceroy of Italian East Africa (18 February 1937). Rodolfo Graziani was one of the main perpetrators of the brutalities of Italian colonialism, due to his role in...

UNESCO World Heritage Site, St. George, Rock-hewn Church, Lalibela, Ethiopia.

Reconstructed skull of Australopithecus garhi from fossils found in 1997 CE (Awash, Afar region). 2.5 million years old. Now found in Addis Ababa, National Museum of Ethiopia.

Not a syllabary. Not quite an alphabet. Totally Indian. Watch Ashoka discuss his land's exotic script and tell you his plans for this unique alphasyllabary. This episode traces the invention of the Indic alphasyllabary, the parent of so...