Here's the last of our trip pics for your enjoyment. Ethiopia's culture is positively fascinating to learn about. Here are a few shots we took at the Addis Museum, which was suprisingly quite impressive.
Here's a replica of the 3 million year old remains of "Lucy". When originally discovered in the 1970's, these bones were the oldest evidences of human life. Since that time, another set of bones named "Ardi" was discovered that is believed to be about 4.4 million years old.
Crowns of ancient Ethiopian royalty
The Lion of Judah!
There were so many paintings depicting Ethiopia's rich biblical history.
Also depicted were beautiful pictures of valiant warriors marching bravely into battles. We learned so much about Ethiopia's war against Italy and could see much of their influence on the country simply by viewing the menu in many restaurants. Italian food was available just about everywhere we went, which was quite surprising to us!
If you look closely, you can see in this painting families moving out of an area of famine. It was heartbreking to catch just a small glimpse of how deeply these people have suffered over the years, and still are suffering under the weight of extreme poverty and in many areas, famine.
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