In 2015, CWA reported on the discovery by Louise Schofield of the remarkable grave of a young woman she nicknamed ‘Sleeping Beauty’.…
In the 1st millennium AD, Ethiopia was home to the great civilisation of Aksum, one of the world’s first Christian kingdoms. But what…
From the imposing stelae at Axum to the churches at Lalibela carved out of solid rock, Ethiopia has an incredibly rich heritage.…
Over the past two summers Timothy Clack and Marcus Brittain have directed the first archaeological teams in the Lower Omo Valley, a…
The butchered bones of cow and goat-like animals from a riverbed in Dikika, in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia, show early…
A snapshot of the Australopithecus afarensis, otherwise known as 'Lucy'.…
One of the original 12 sites to be added to the World Heritage list, Lalibela is one of the most important pilgrimage…
One of the first civilisations to be converted to Christanity: but what was there before Christanity?…
160,000 year old human skull discovered in Afar…