Ethiopia is pushing for the return of sacred artifacts taken by British forces during the 1868 Battle of Magdala.
They came from the class that Haile Selassie must count on to help bring Ethiopia into the modern world—but it is just this group that is most repelled by the trappings of a feudal monarchy.
Aksum was a wealthy and influential monarchy that at its height spanned what is now northern Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, southern Saudi Arabia and western Yemen. It lasted almost 1,000 years ...
As a programme of exchanges between global heritage sites and the UK’s National Trust properties draws to a close, horticulturists are swapping mitigating tactics for combatting climate change ...
This played a crucial role in maintaining the stability and continuity of the Ethiopian monarchy for many centuries. The Kebra Nagast asserts that Ethiopia is a chosen land, and the Ethiopian monarchs ...