Ethiopia has much more history than most people know, enough to whet the appetite of the curious. Nonetheless, Ethiopia is not only about poverty and AIDS, or about children being waited upon by vultures as a meal.

Or they may have gotten it when Ethiopia once conquered Egypt. If you have read your bible, you may remember that King Solomon's house/family was the safe keeper of the Ark. She may have gotten the Ark from King Solomon for safekeeping. As for being his mistress, there is no concrete evidence. Historical accounts say that she certainly visited King Solomon. You see, an Ethiopian queen, Queen of Sheba, was said to have seduced King Solomon and became his mistress. There may be some merits to their claim about the covenant although I’m skeptical about the cross. Ethiopians claim to have found the true cross of Jesus that they even have an annual celebration for that every September which they call the Meskel Celebration (Meskel being Amharic for Cross). They say that these are guarded by one (or more) tribe(s) in northern Ethiopia. This is the result of the posters that International Development and Funding Agencies circulated around the world when they talked about poverty and hunger.Īnd as you probably know already, the 'missing link' which they call Lucy was found in Ethiopia, far from the 'cradle of civilization' which is South Africa.īut, did you know that the Ark of the Covenant - the chest containing the tablets of the Ten Commandments that Moses received from God - and Jesus' cross are said to be found in Ethiopia? When people hear of Ethiopia, sick, thin, hungry children almost always come to mind.

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