The archaeology of complexity and cosmopolitanism in medieval Ethiopia: an introduction [PDF]
, 2020 This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Cambridge University Press via the DOI in this recordArchaeology increasingly attests the complex and cosmopolitan nature of societies in medieval Ethiopia (c.
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The Letter of an Ethiopian King to King George II of Nubia in the framework of the ecclesiastic correspondence between Axum, Nubia and the Coptic Patriarchate in Egypt and of the events of the 10th Century AD [PDF]
, 2018 : This article examines the letter sent by an Ethiopian King to King George II of Makouria (Nubia) as well as other letters referring to the dynastic and ecclesiastical crisis in Axum during the 10th Century AD.
Hendrickx, Benjamin
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Wukro Medhane Alem: A Medieval Rock-hewn Church in Historic Gondar, Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2023 This study explores the historical and architectural heritage of Wukro Medhane Alem, a least-known monolithic rock-hewn church in South Gondar. Primary and secondary sources of the study were collected through fieldwork, interviews, and literature review.
Ebabey, Tsegaye
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Materiality and Identity. Selected papers from the proceedings of the ATrA Conferences of Naples and Turin 2015 [PDF]
, 2016 In each and every discourse on issues such as contact, evolution, transition, migration, integration and encounter, identity plays a central role. Being a manifold, uneasily describable object in itself, identity represents a very difficult object of ...
Ilaria Micheli
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Evidence for the History of Early Solomonic Ethiopia from Tämben: Part II: Yoḥanni Däbrä ʿAśa [PDF]
, 2022 This contribution continues the series of articles dedicated to the traditions and decorations of some monastic sites located in Qwälla Tämben (Central Zone of Tǝgray, Ethiopia) by focusing on the monastery and church of Abba Yoḥanni Däbrä ʿAśa.
Gnisci, Jacopo, Villa, Massimo
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The Legend of Queen Sheba, the Solomonic Dynasty and Ethiopian History: An Analysis [PDF]
, 2009 The legend of Queen Sheba is undoubtedly one of the oldest legends,producing the oldest monarchy in Africa comparable, perhaps, only to theimperial dynasty in Japan or the Seifuwa dynasty in the Lake Chad basin.
Adamu, MM
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The Apocryphal Legitimation of a “Solomonic” Dynasty in the Kǝbrä nägäśt – A Reappraisal [PDF]
, 2014 The present study constitutes an attempt to reevaluate the ideological function of the Kǝbrä nägäśt as an apocryphal production extolling the nobility and orthodoxy of early 14th-century “Solomonic” élites.
Piovanelli, Pierluigi
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The Legitimising Project: The Coronation Rite and the Written Word [PDF]
, 2014 The article and its argument are based on a hitherto unexplored Ethiopian chronicle, which offers a uniquely detailed description of a series of enthronement rites.
Orlowska, Izabela
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The History of Expropriation in Ethiopian Law [PDF]
, 2014 Expropriation is a compulsory taking of land by the state for public purposeand upon advance payment of fair compensation. After describing its nature and basic contents, this article attempts to construct the history of expropriation in Ethiopia based ...
Ambaye, DW
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