Recently discovered in South East of #Addisababa medieval cave churches dedicated to St. Takla Haymanot & St George. A compounds was also found with 2.5 meters walls & cooking pots. Dr Vigano supposes it could be one piece of Fra Mauro's medieval #map of central Shoa #Ethiopia

ገድለ ተክለ ሃይማኖት the Acts of Takla Haymanot held in Bibliothèque BnF Paris. The manuscript was owned by King Haile Malakot of Shewa, the father of King Menelik II. Until his late 20s Haile Melekot spent his time in diffrent monasteries pursuing a further traditional education.

Colonel Abdisa Aga, one of Ethiopia's greatest Patriots during the era of Italian Occupation. Abdisa Aga joined the Patriot Army (Arbegnoch) and was captured in battle by the Italians, after being imprisoned in Addis Ababa briefly he was moved to a prison in Italy...(continued)

Emperor Menelik II

📍Ethiopia (1900s)

A watch designed with Ethiopic (Ge'ez) numerals.

On Int'l Day of Peace, call for the #demilitarisation of #Lalibela . Ongoing militaristion at Lalibela has the effect of turning this world heritage into a military object. Geneva convention prohibits the use of heritage in support of military efforts. #DemilitarizeLalibela

Sylvia Pankhurst (1882 -1960) daughter of the #Suffragette Emmeline, spent much of her later life campaigning on behalf of #Ethiopia during the Fascist Italian invasion of 1936–1941. When press interest in Ethiopia declined, Sylvia founded the newspaper New Times & Ethiopia News

📍Gambella National Park, Ethiopia

Research visit to manuscripts of Ethiopian royal chronicles, preserved in the Stadt-universitätsbibliothek in Frankfurt, collected by the German naturalist and traveller, Eduard Rüppell, who visited Ethiopia between 1831–1833.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1934)

አዲስ አበባ, ኢትዮጵያ (1926 ዓ.ም)

Former Olympic champion and Ethiopian Legend Haile Gebrselassie cheering on fellow Ethiopian Selemon Barega as he wins gold for #Ethiopia .
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#Tokyo1964 : Abebe Bikila 🥇

#Tokyo2020 : Selemon Barega🥇

St. Abune Petros of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Murdered by the Italian fascists for refusing to condemn the Ethiopian patriot resistance and legitimize the illegal Italian occupation. #Ethiopia

His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie's moving speech at the unveiling ceremony of his great predecesso at the Menelik II Square, a day before his coronation as Emperor.

A headdress made from a ring of lion's mane was an important symbol of kingship, nobility & courage in #Ethiopia . The hereditary line of Ethiopian kings used the title 'Lion of Judah', tracing their descent from King Solomon, of the tribe of Judah.
Photo of King Menelik 1896 .

Kalila wa-Dimna is a collection of fables written in Sanskrit 4th C. BC. Translated into Arabic in 8th C by Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa.
The only available #Ethiopian version is a marginal note dated 1582 in MS Or 534; a strong evidence that a complete Ethiopian version existed

መዝሙረ፡ ዳዊት, the Psalms of David, held in the monastery of Dimā Giyorgis #Gojjam #Ethiopia Previously owned by Dejazmach Balcha ባልቻ (1863 –1936) Balcha was a military commander & lord protector of the crown, he fought at the battle of Adwa 1896 & the Italo-Ethiopian War

From the 4th C. until the 20th C. all #patriarchs in Ethiopia were Egyptian Copts appointed by the Pope of Alexandria who had diocesan authority over  #Ethiopia .
In 1959 the Ethiopian church was granted autocephaly to elect a native Ethiopian.
19th C. painting of Abuna Salama III

⚠️⚠️Our center in Hamburg has an oprn call for a PhD scholarship!!
Focus on Ethiopian manuscripts and their materiality.
GO APPLY! Deadline June 20.
betamasaheft.uni-hamburg.de/news/phdcall20…