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The Ge'ez Bible: Ethiopia's 2,000-Year-Old Scriptural Legacy
Season 4 Episode 159
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the extraordinary history of the Ge'ez Bible — one of the world's oldest and most continuously used Christian…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Emperor Who Loved Books: Zara Yaqob's Lost Library
Season 4 Episode 158
Emperor Zara Yaqob (r. 1434–1468) is remembered as a reformer and a zealot, but this episode focuses on his other passion: books. At Debre Berhan, hi…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Emperor Tewodros II and the British Expedition of 1868
Season 4 Episode 157
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the reign of Emperor Tewodros II (1855–1868), the visionary ruler who sought to reunify Ethiopia and moderniz…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Emperor Menas and the Ottoman-Ethiopian War
Season 4 Episode 156
In the mid-16th century, as Ethiopia recovered from Ahmad Gragn's devastating invasion, a new threat emerged from the north: the Ottoman Empire. This…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Debre Damo: Ethiopia's Sacred Mountain Monastery
Season 4 Episode 155
In this episode, Lucas and Luna climb the cliffs of Debre Damo, one of Ethiopia's most legendary monasteries, perched atop a 3,000-meter amba with no…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Emperor Lebna Dengel: Ethiopia's Boy King vs Ahmad Gragn
Season 4 Episode 154
When Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi—known as Ahmad Gragn, 'the Left-Handed'—swept out of the Adal Sultanate in the late 1520s, he nearly extinguished the…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Debre Libanos: The Monastery That Shaped Ethiopian Emperors
Season 4 Episode 153
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the 1,300-year-old monastery of Debre Libanos, a spiritual and political powerhouse that s…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Emperor Susenyos and the Catholic Schism That Split Ethiopia
Season 4 Episode 152
In the early 17th century, Emperor Susenyos converted to Catholicism after Jesuit missionaries convinced him of the Pope's authority. This triggered …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Lost Ark of Ethiopia: A Sacred Mystery in Axum
Season 4 Episode 151
For over a thousand years, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has claimed to possess the Ark of the Covenant — the biblical chest said to hold th…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Emperor Susenyos and the Catholic Schism That Split Ethiopia
Season 3 Episode 150
In the early 17th century, Emperor Susenyos I made a decision that nearly tore the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church apart: he converted to Catholic…
1 month, 3 weeks ago