According to this legend, a Christian priest named Prester John ruled as monarch over a vast and wealthy Christian Empire. According to many traditions, Ethiopia was the land of the powerful ...

The Global Legend of Prester ... of Prester John. During the medieval and early modern periods, the desire to legitimize the letter's contents influenced military tactics and papal policy while ...

The Ethiopian foreign ministry said it was unsure how the map had "crept in on the website" Ethiopia's foreign ministry has apologised after a map of Africa on its website incorporated ...

During the 12th century A.D., a king known to Europeans as Prester John supposedly ruled a land that had a river of gold and a fountain of youth. But the name linked most closely to the search for ...

Ethiopia is Africa's second-most populated country, with a population of 115 million. Ethiopia is the third largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, sheltering over 800,000 registered refugees. With ...

Night - Clear. Winds N at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 45 °F (7.2 °C). Sunny with a high of 74 °F (23.3 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 11 mph (9.7 to 17.7 kph). Partly ...

Find out more about Ethiopia's unique calendar and cultural heritage. Not only that - the Ethiopian calendar is also seven years and eight months behind the Western calendar, making Saturday the ...

Aksum was an ancient kingdom in what is now Ethiopia. They were considered ... Christianity gave rise to legends of the ...

Ethiopia is seeking to raise 30 billion birr ($255 million) selling shares in a state-run wireless company, making it the nation’s first initial public offering, and paving the way to start a ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 5 to 11 mph (8 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be 46 °F (7.8 °C). Sunny with a high of 74 °F (23.3 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 11 mph (8 to 17.7 kph ...