This article is more than 10 years old. The end of the road in Ethiopia's Omo Valley. Photograph by Michael Lorentz The itinerary evolves as we go along.

ETHIOPIA IS KNOWN AS THE CRADLE OF HUMANITY, AND IT'S HERE, DEEP IN THE OMO RIVER VALLEY, WHERE THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND SIGNS OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION THAT DATE BACK MORE THAN TWO MILLION YEARS.

The cultural heritage of Ethiopia’s Omo Valley has, until recently, been relatively untouched by globalisation however nowadays dressing up for visitors has become normalised Massimo said: “My ...

This south-western corner of Ethiopia is home to seven primary tribes who coexist with varying degrees of peace. The land is largely dry savanna, with the Omo River cutting a nearly 475-mile ...

essentially adopted by his subjects during his travels, and his stunning color photographs present a rare, intimate view of their world. The first volume of this deluxe two-volume set presents the ...

In an article entitled 'Human Canvas: The beautiful tribe peoples of Omo Valley use nature to decorate themselves' Ian Smith said that in the remote Omo Valley of southern Ethiopia, Africa, where ...

When I visited the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia almost two decades ago, there were few dirt roads, and tribes lived in mud huts and were mostly naked except for spectacular body paint.

Floods in Ethiopia have dealt a devastating blow to some of the country's most endangered tribes after it emerged yesterday that more than 1,000 people may have been killed across the country in ...