Annually, the Epiphany is celebrated with the Queen of Sheba’s Bath at its centre; Central Stele Park provides the setting for the festival for the Ark of the Covenant. Aksum’s heritage is a reminder ...

This week, the African Union (AU) is convening its 38th annual meeting here in Addis Ababa under the theme "Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations." This timely topic ...

The Ethiopian city of Aksum was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1980. Its cultural property encompasses the ancient Aksum town, which houses hundreds of stelae (granite monoliths), ...

For the 10 million Coptic Christians of Ethiopia, one of the spiritual high points of the year is the feast of St. Gabriel the Archangel. Last week 100,000 pilgrims made their way to the shrine of St.

Ruins of the ancient, infamous city of Babylon ... and created the Ge'ez script still used in Ethiopia today. As one of the first civilizations to adopt Christianity, Aksum played a crucial ...

Nespresso’s Master Origin Ethiopia pours the traditions, culture, and history of coffee’s birthplace into each cup. Ethiopia is a genetic home of Arabica coffee, where coffee cultivation has ...

to garner a greater understanding of the Aksumite civilization. Two recent projects, at the sites of Beta Samati in Ethiopia and the ancient port of Adulis in Eritrea, have revealed what life was ...