Ethiopia’s Christian heritage predates much of Europe’s, and includes churches hewn from living rock.
East Africa and the Horn of Africa
Learn about the geography of East Africa.
About East Africa
This 15th century manuscript is based on Egyptian Coptic sources, but its creators imbued it with local flair.
Illuminated Gospel
Pious, multilingual, and technologically advanced, these coins were currency in more ways than one.
Aksumite Coins
By 400 C.E., Aksum was a sophisticated Christian empire with a written language and an international reputation.
The kingdom of Aksum
This island’s architecture attests to its long and tumultuous history of wealth, power, exchange, and conquest.
Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania
In this work, a contemporary Ethiopian artist explores the utopian potential of chaos in a globalizing world.