Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in Africa; the emergence of Ethiopian civilization dates back thousands of years. Abyssinia or rather "Ze Etiyopia" was ruled by the Semitic Abyssinians compose
Leaping Ibex, found in northern Ethiopia, probably created around the first century BC in D'mt.
A stela with an ibex and three Arabian oryx, associated with Astar (ዐስተር), Semitic god of the Morning and Evening Star, found at Axum
King Ezana's Stele in Aksum
An Aksumite palace at Dungur
The Kingdom of Aksum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in North East Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, based in what is now Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia, and s
14th century Islamic portrayal of the First Hijrah
Ruins of Dungur in Aksum, Tigray Region, Ethiopia