Ethiopia : the living churches of an ancient kingdom /
The ancient Axumite Kingdom, now a part of Ethiopia, was possibly the first nation in the world to convert to Christianity. In AD 340, King Ezana commissioned the construction of the imposing basilica of St. Mary of Tsion. It was here, the Ethiopians say, that Menelik, son of King Solomon and the Qu...
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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: |
Fitzgerald, Mary Anne
(Author),
Marsden, Philip, 1961-
(Author) |
Other Authors: |
Pavitt, Nigel
(Photographer),
Courbet, Frederic
(Photographer),
Mulinge, Justus
(Photographer),
Ludwig, Carolyn
(Editor),
Jackson, Morris
(Editor) |
Format: | Book
|
Language: | English |
Published: |
Cairo ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
[2017]
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Subjects: | |