Directory of Ethiopia Resources

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The investigation of past cultures of the modern nationstate of Ethiopia through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).

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• Archaeologists
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Resources in This Category

• Aksum

  http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/15
  UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps and a description of the ancient city.

• Axum and the Ark of the Covenant

  http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/africa/ethiopia/axum.php
  Provides a history of the city, information on the Ark and its final resting place, what can be seen and when to visit.

• Foundations of Aksumite Civilization and Its Christian Legacy (1st–7th century A.D.)

  http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/aksu_1/hd_aksu_1.htm
  Images, maps, and text describing Aksum.

• Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town

  http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1189
  UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a justification for inscription.

• Lucy Fossil Cleared for U.S. Tour

  http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15401398/#.Vdf5_fR-yO0
  NBC News article reports that Ethiopia will send 2-million-year-old 'Lucy’ to the Houston Museum of Natural Science in 2007.

• Obelisk Returned to Ethiopia After 68 Years

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/apr/20/italy.ethiopia
  From the Guardian, the first piece of a huge 1,700-year-old granite obelisk was returned home from Italy to Ethiopia yesterday, 68 years after it was looted by the troops of the fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

• Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

  http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/18
  UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps and a description of the site.

• The Monumental Stelae of Aksum (3rd–4th Century)

  http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/aksu_2/hd_aksu_2.htm
  Article on the ancient city's most renowned surviving monuments, a group of memorial obelisks in a great variety of form and scale.

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