🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Gona, Ethiopia
Gona is a paleoanthropological research area in Ethiopia's Afar Region. Gona is primarily known for its archaeological sites and discoveries of hominin fossils from the Late Miocene, Early Pliocene…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Hadar, Ethiopia
Hadar or Hadar Formation (also spelled Qad daqar, Qadaqar; Afar "white [qidi] stream [daqar]") is a paleontological fossil site located in Mille district, Administrative Zone 1 of the Afar Region,…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Aramis, Ethiopia
Aramis is a village and archaeological site in north-eastern Ethiopia, where remains of Australopithecus and Ardipithecus (Ardipithecus ramidus) have been found.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Bouri Formation
The Bouri Formation is a sequence of sedimentary deposits that is the source of australopithecine and Homo (that is, hominin) fossils, artifacts, and bones of large mammals with cut marks from…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Dikika
The Dikika is an area of the Afar Region of Ethiopia. A hominin fossil named Selam, a specimen of the Australopithecus afarensis species, was found in this area.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Dungur
Dungur (or Dungur 'Addi Kilte) is a historic site dated to the 7th century CE, located in the city of Axum in modern Ethiopia.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Gendebelo
Gendebelo (also called Gende Belo and Nora) was an ancient Muslim trading city in Ifat (present-day central Ethiopia). Its location was discovered in 2009 by a team of French archaeologists.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Melka Kunture
paleolithic site in the upper Awash Valley, Ethiopia
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
National Palace, Addis Ababa
official residence of the President of Ethiopia
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Gademotta
The Gademotta Formation in the Main Ethiopian Rift Valley is known for its Middle Stone Age archaeological sites. It is located west of Lake Ziway.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient technology
Ark of the Covenant – Axum Ethiopian Claim (Ancient Technology: Relic Power)
Claimed 950 BCE Jerusalem–Axum transfer; literary 1314 Kebra Nagast; chapel built 1965 · Ethiopian Orthodox / Solomonic dynasty ideology
Kebra Nagast's Ark at Axum chapel — fringe claims capacitor/weapon, unviewable solitary-guardian tabot.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Lake Tana Monasteries — Island Churches
Medieval Solomonic to Gondarine (1313–1748 CE) · Ethiopian Orthodox / Solomonic / Amhara-Tigray
Lake Tana (3,000 km², source of Blue Nile) hosts 37 medieval island and peninsula monasteries (14th–17th c) with circular thatched churches, vivid murals and parchment libraries.