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Lalibela: The Rock-Hewn Jerusalem of Ethiopia
Season 2 Episode 99
In this episode of Ethiopia's Ancient Empire: Africa's Hidden Superpower, Lucas and Luna explore the miraculous rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, carve…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Zagwe Dynasty: Lalibela's Rock-Hewn Churches of Faith
Season 2 Episode 98
Long before the Solomonic emperors, Ethiopia's Zagwe dynasty carved a kingdom of faith into volcanic rock. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore th…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Last Aksumite King: Kaleb's War for Arabia
Season 2 Episode 97
In this episode, Lucas and Luna travel back to the 6th century to explore the reign of Emperor Kaleb, the last great king of Aksum. When a Jewish kin…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Aksum's King Ezana: The Emperor Who Chose Christianity
Season 2 Episode 96
Long before Lalibela's rock-hewn churches or the Solomonic dynasty's claims, Aksum was a mercantile superpower linking Rome and India. In this episod…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Kebra Nagast: Ethiopia's Ark of the Covenant Epic
Season 2 Episode 95
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the Kebra Nagast—the 14th-century Ethiopian epic that tells the story of the Queen of Sheba, King Solomon, …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Emperor Fasilides: The Gondar King Who Built an African Camelot
Season 2 Episode 94
This episode of Ethiopia's Ancient Empire explores the reign of Emperor Fasilides (Fasil), the 17th-century Solomonic monarch who founded the city of…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Emperor Yohannes IV: The Lion of Tigray Who Defied Egypt
Season 2 Episode 93
In this episode, we explore the reign of Emperor Yohannes IV, the Tigrayan ruler who united Ethiopia against Egyptian expansion and European colonial…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ethiopian Ark: Kebra Nagast and the Lost Tabot
Season 2 Episode 92
In Episode 92 of Ethiopia's Ancient Empire, Lucas and Luna delve into the Kebra Nagast — the 14th-century epic that claims the Ark of the Covenant re…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Emperor Tewodros II: Ethiopia's Modernizer Who Defied Britain
Season 2 Episode 91
Emperor Tewodros II, born Kassa Hailu, rose from a bandit leader to become Ethiopia's emperor in 1855, determined to reunify the fractured Solomonic …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: Theology and Identity
Season 2 Episode 90
In this episode of Ethiopia's Ancient Empire: Africa's Hidden Superpower, Lucas and Luna delve into the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church — the theo…
2 months, 3 weeks ago