Haile Selassie was known as a child as Lij Tafari Makonnen. Lij is translated as "child" and serves to indicate that a youth is of noble blood. His given name Tafari means "one who is respected or ...
Yohannes Haile-Selassie is responsible for some of the most remarkable ancient human fossil discoveries in his home country.
On Sept. 12, 1940, the prehistoric Lascaux cave paintings were discovered by four teenagers who stumbled upon the ancient artwork in France. Rastafari movement Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: ኃá‹áˆˆ ...