Historical photograph catalogue
14,076 photographs, postcards, prints and book illustrations from Eritrea and Ethiopia. Each entry includes its available caption, date, place and source.
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Unidentified Castle Detail, Gondar
Gondar · A History of Ethiopia
Great Temple of Yeha
Yeha · A Needs Assessment for the Restoration and Maintenance of the Yeha Temple
Artillery position in Tembien
Tembien · 1936 · Albertomos postcard collection, via Wikimedia Commons
Tomb of Bazen, Aksum
Aksum · Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (2009)
Corner Stone of Enda Semeon, Aksum
Aksum · Ancient Settlement Patterns in the Area of Aksum (Tigray, Northern Ethiopia) – Ca. 900 BCE–800/850 CE
The Underground Mausoleum, Aksum
Aksum · Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume I
K4 Trench Walls, Aksum
Aksum · Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume II
A street in Adwa
Adwa · 1966 · Archivio Storico del Touring Club Italiano, via Wikimedia Commons
Grand Stairway of Monument A, Aksum
Aksum · Aspects de l'archéologie éthiopienne
S. Raggi (?). Mascal ad Asmara e preti copti
Asmara · Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma, Fototeca IsIAO
Gondar, the desolate castle of the King
Gondar · 1862 (publication) · British Library Mechanical Curator collection, via Wikimedia Commons
Survey of Lake Tana and surrounding churches
Lake Tana · 1933–1934 · British Library, War Office Archive, via Wikimedia Commons
The British Mission entering Ankober
Ankober · 1841 · British Library, via Wikimedia Commons
A typical Tigray farmstead on the northeastern edge of the Hawzien Plain, 1997.
Hawzien Plain · 1997 · David W. Phillipson — Ancient Churches of Ethiopia (2009)
Mika’el Debra Selam
Atsbi area · David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (2009)
GONDAR - SCORCIO PANORAMICO 1939 VERA FOTOGRAFIA - VIAGGIATA FP
Gondar · Delcampe marketplace
Ruins 6 and 7, Qohaito
Qohaito · Deutsche Aksum-Expedition, Band II: Ältere Denkmäler Nordabessiniens
Abessinier und Mitreisende Mittelholzers
circa February 1934 · ETH-Bibliothek image archive, via Wikimedia Commons
Illustration, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica volume 1, PDF page 32
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 1 (local permitted corpus)
Illustration, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica volume 2, PDF page 37
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 2 (local permitted corpus)
Illustrations, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica volume 3, PDF page 29
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 3 (local permitted corpus)
Illustrations, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica volume 4, PDF page 29
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 4 (local permitted corpus)
Illustration, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica volume 5, PDF page 33
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 5 (local permitted corpus)
The baobab tree, or Adansonia digitata (Massaia VII, 119)
19th century · Ethiopia Engraved / Link Ethiopia — Habesha History corpus
Toppled Stela (with Modern Doorway to Visit Tomb Below), Aksum Stelae Park
Aksum Stelae Park, Tigray (Ethiopia) · Ethiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
Steps and Platform Extension of ST XXIIH, Aksum
Aksum · Excavations at Aksum: An Account of Research at the Ancient Ethiopian Capital
Tomb of Bazen, Aksum
Aksum · Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum & the Northern Horn 1000 BC - AD 1300
Aspects de L’Archeologie Ethiopienne — PDF page 4
Francis Anfray — Aspects de L’Archeologie Ethiopienne (1968)
La poterie de Maṭarā: Esquisse typologique — PDF page 21
Francis Anfray — La poterie de Maṭarā: Esquisse typologique (1966)
L’archéologie d’axoum en 1972 — PDF page 7
Francis Anfray — L’archéologie d’axoum en 1972 (1972)
Matara: the Archaeological Investigation of a City of Ancient Eritrea — PDF page 7
Francis Anfray — Matara: the Archaeological Investigation of a City of Ancient Eritrea (2012)
Maṭarā — PDF page 2
Francis Anfray — Maṭarā (1967)
Première campagne de fouilles à Maṭarā (Nov. 1959- Janv. 1960) — PDF page 3
Francis Anfray — Première campagne de fouilles à Maṭarā (Nov. 1959- Janv. 1960) (1963)
Une campagne de fouilles à Yĕḥā (Février-mars 1960) — PDF page 24
Francis Anfray — Une campagne de fouilles à Yĕḥā (Février-mars 1960) (1963)
Participants in the German Aksum Expedition
Aksum · February 1906 · Freie Universität Berlin, via Wikimedia Commons
Aerial view of Bahir Dar
Bahir Dar · 10 October 1938 · Ghent University, Ethiopian Mapping Agency and Mekelle University; PANGAEA; via Wikimedia Commons
Dungur (the 'Palace of the Queen of Sheba'), Aksum
Aksum · Guidebook: National Museum of Ethiopia, Historical Archaeology Exhibition
'One of the Most Curious Monuments of Antiquity'. Leone Allacci and the Monumentum Adulitanum — illustration 1, PDF page 8
Habesha History book corpus — 'One of the Most Curious Monuments of Antiquity'. Leone Allacci and the Monumentum Adulitanum
A Companion to Medieval Ethiopia and Eritrea — illustration 1, PDF page 21
Habesha History book corpus — A Companion to Medieval Ethiopia and Eritrea
A History of Ethiopia — illustration 1, PDF page 18
Habesha History book corpus — A History of Ethiopia
A Needs Assessment for the Restoration and Maintenance of the Yeha Temple — illustration 1, PDF page 9
Habesha History book corpus — A Needs Assessment for the Restoration and Maintenance of the Yeha Temple
A Political History of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (1975-1991): Revolt, Ideology and Mobilisation in Ethiopia — illustration 1, PDF page 11
Habesha History book corpus — A Political History of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (1975-1991): Revolt, Ideology and Mobilisation in Ethiopia
Abyssinia, 1867–1868: Artists on Campaign — PDF page 15
Habesha History book corpus — Abyssinia, 1867–1868: Artists on Campaign
Adulis and the transshipment of baboons during classical antiquity — illustration 1, PDF page 6
Habesha History book corpus — Adulis and the transshipment of baboons during classical antiquity
Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, Volume 25 (2022) — illustration 1, PDF page 76
Habesha History book corpus — Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, Volume 25 (2022)
Air War East Africa 1940-1941: The RAF versus the Italian Air Force — illustration 1, PDF page 148
Habesha History book corpus — Air War East Africa 1940-1941: The RAF versus the Italian Air Force
Aksum: An African Civilisation in its World Contexts — illustration 1, PDF page 4
Habesha History book corpus — Aksum: An African Civilisation in its World Contexts
Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity — illustration 1, PDF page 69
Habesha History book corpus — Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity
Aksum: An archaeological introduction and guide — illustrated page 4
Habesha History book corpus — Aksum: An archaeological introduction and guide
Aksum: Research of General Topography — illustration 1, PDF page 184
Habesha History book corpus — Aksum: Research of General Topography
Aksumite civilization, its connections and descendants — illustration 1, PDF page 5
Habesha History book corpus — Aksumite civilization, its connections and descendants
An Old Amharic Poem from Northern Ethiopia: One More Text on Condemning Glory — illustration 1, PDF page 5
Habesha History book corpus — An Old Amharic Poem from Northern Ethiopia: One More Text on Condemning Glory
An Overview of Traditional Architecture in Ethiopia — illustration 1, PDF page 6
Habesha History book corpus — An Overview of Traditional Architecture in Ethiopia
Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries — PDF page 15
Habesha History book corpus — Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries
Ancient Settlement Patterns in the Area of Aksum (Tigray, Northern Ethiopia) – Ca. 900 BCE–800/850 CE — illustration 1, PDF page 12
Habesha History book corpus — Ancient Settlement Patterns in the Area of Aksum (Tigray, Northern Ethiopia) – Ca. 900 BCE–800/850 CE
Anthropologische Untersuchung der Schädel aus Qohayto/Eritrea — illustration 1, PDF page 5
Habesha History book corpus — Anthropologische Untersuchung der Schädel aus Qohayto/Eritrea
Arabs and Empires before Islam — illustration 1, PDF page 191
Habesha History book corpus — Arabs and Empires before Islam
Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume I — illustrated page 19
Habesha History book corpus — Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume I
Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume II — illustrated page 14
Habesha History book corpus — Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume II
Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896: The Italian Disaster in Ethiopia — illustration 1, PDF page 4
Habesha History book corpus — Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896: The Italian Disaster in Ethiopia