1. Lucy's ancient bones to tour US
(Unknown/Unknown)

The skeleton of the fossilised, 3.2 million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy, will go on display in the US, Ethiopian officials say. After four years of negotiations with the Houston Mu

2. Reginal Governments
(Government and politics/Administration)

...,000 and Amhara, with a population of 17,203,000. The capitals of the regional governments are Adama and Bahir Dar respectively. Tigray has a population approximately of 3,901,000 and its capital is...

3. Gambella National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Gambella National Park is in the centre of Gambella Region. It lies between the Baro and Gilo rivers, the Baro River forming the northern boundary, 15 km south of Gambella town. The centre of the park

4. Yangudi-Rassa National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Yangudi-Rassa National Park is in the centre of the Afar Region (in the northern section of the Rift Valley) between the towns of Gewani and Mille, and 500 km from Addis Ababa. Yangudi Mountain lies o

5. Harar
(Cities/Harar)

Harar, locaed about 523 kilometers (324 miles) from Addis Ababa, in many aspects stands out in historical splendour, considering modern Ethiopian history, as we will further entail, and has also manag

6. Gondar
(Cities/Gondar)

The third largest city in Ethiopia, Gondar is about 748 kilometers north of Addis Ababa and served as the Ethiopian capital from the reign of Fasiladas (1632-1665) until the reign of Emperor Tewodros

7. Dire Dawa
(Cities/Dire Dawa)

Next to Addis Ababa, perhaps, Dire Dawa is the most cosmopolitan city in Ethiopia and a melting pot of both traditional and contemporary cultures, founded in 1902, when the construction of the only ra

8. Bahir Dar
(Cities/Bahir dar)

Even great cities resembles a lot, and so do Bahir dar and Awassa, cities founded along lake shores, and very accessible due to their geographical feature, and with climate as pleasant as it can be, m

9. Awassa
(Cities/Awassa)

If not for the fishes, birds, the pleasant climate, the accessible water of lake awassa, what would the city Awassa be. Well, that was indeed not all, salt it all with the Sidama culture and you have

10. Addis Ababa
(Cities/Addis Ababa)

Addis Ababa city (lit. meaning new flower) has as many as 80 nationalities speaking 80 languages, and Christian and Muslim communities. Addis Abeba is located about 2,500m above sea level and has a po

11. Addis Ababa's History
(Cities/Addis Ababa)

Addis Ababa was founded by Emperor Menelik II towards the end of the 1880s, his eventual permanent capital city, however, the first such capital after the decline of Gondar in the latter half of the 1

12. The cradle of the human race
(Nature/Archeology)

Do you know where "the cradle of the human race" is? Let's discover it Have you ever heard of the fossilized remains of the hominid, named Dinqnesh (in Amharic, meaning "thou art wonderful",

13. Awash National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Awash National Park is located 225 km east of Addis Ababa, the Park stretches 30km east to west and a little less from north to south. The terrain is mainly acacia woodland and grassland.

14. Mago National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Mago National Park is in South Omo Zone, 35 km south-west of Jinka, the administrative centre of the Zone. The park lies to the north of a large 90? bend in the Omo River. To the west is the Tama Wild

15. Bale Mountains National Park
(Nature/National parks)

Bale Mountains National Park is an area of high altitude plateau that is broken by numerous spectacular volcanic plugs and peaks, beautiful alpine lakes and rushing mountain streams that descend into

16. Landmarks
(Nature/Geography)

Ethiopias grasslands, mountains, rivers, lakes, and other fascinating features give the country impressive natural beauty. The country is mountainous, with some 25 mountains in central an

17. Geography
(Nature/Geography)

Ethiopia is a country in North Eastern Africa, which consists chiefly of elevated irregular tableland, with elevation varying from as low as 113 meters below sea level in Danakil depression up to 4543

18. Ethiopian languages
(Language/Language)

The major languages being Amharic, Tigriňňa, Oromiňňa, Guaragiňňa, Somali, Arabic, English, over 80 different languages, with up to 200 different dialects are spoken, with some at extinction l

19. Orthodox
(Religion/Religion)

The Ethiopia Orthodox Church was established at the beginning of the fourth century, making it one of the oldest established churches in the world.

20. Churches in Tana Lake
(History/Heritage)

...pt Ura Kidane Mehret (located on the Zeghe peninsula) and Narga Selassie. Kebran Gabriel, the nearest to Bahir Dar, open to male visitors only, was founded in the fourteenth century and rebuilt during...

21. Gondar
(History/Heritage)

Referred to by some as "The Camelot of Africa", Gondar is singularly famous for the many castles and other imperial structures built by Fasiladas (1632-1667) and several of his successors.

22. Axum
(History/Heritage)

Ethiopian legend has it that the famous Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum is the repository of the Ark of the Covenant. Axum is equally, if not more, mysterious for the seven monolithic stelae fashio

23. The middle Ages
(History/Medieval)

Truely clash of religions has been and still is the shaping factor of our world and societies, and Ethiopia is not an exception from that rule. Jesuits made little headway in 15th century to be banish

24. Axum's History
(History/Ancient)

Even though much of Axum's history is still shrouded in semi-darkness, it is clear that Axum was and still is the captial of the Christianity religion, reaching it's peak at the reign of Ezana in the

25. National parks
(Category Blog)

With 14 major wildlife reserves, Ethiopia provides a microcosm of the entire sub-Saharan ecosystem. Bird life abounds, and indigenous animals from the rare Walia ibex to the shy wild ass, roam free ju

26. Bahir dar
(Category Blog)

27. Cities
(Section Blog)

Addis Ababa University (main campus), the former palace of Emperor Haile selassie and house to the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, which accommodates the Library, with one of the biggest collection of