The Tigrayan people are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. They speak Tigrinya, an Afroasiatic language belonging to the North Ethio-Semitic language
A Tigrayan man during the threshing of teff (Eragrostis tef) near Samre
The Temple of Yeha, dating from 7th century BCE, is the oldest standing structure in Ethiopia.
Gold coin of King Ezana of Axum (c. 330–360 AD)
Northern Stelae Park in Axum
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, also sometimes known as the Abyssinian Church or the Church of Abyssinia, is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. The EOTC is the first indigenous Chr
Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, the seat of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Ethiopian Orthodox icon depicting Saint George, the Crucifixion, and the Virgin Mary
Coin of King Ezana, under whom Early Christianity became the established church of the Kingdom of Aksum
Late 17th century portrait of Giyorgis by Baselyos