The ancient forerunner of the Ethiopian language Amharic. With the spread of Islam in the 7th century the Ethiopian Church fell into something of a decline, although there was a revival in the ...

The Ethiopian church maintains that the Old Testament figure of the Queen of Sheba travelled from Aksum in northern Ethiopia to visit King Solomon in Jerusalem. Islam arrived in Ethiopia in the ...

An Ethiopian monk, who once carried only ... and 13th Century churches carved from rock. Lalibela has 11 ancient rock-hewn churches "There are more than 700 priests in Lalibela, but now they ...

“It was full of churches, bishops ... You can drive down the highway in Ethiopia and see major ancient towns and villages— they have just never been studied.” ...

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