Historical photograph catalogue — Page 4
14,216 photographs, postcards, prints and book illustrations from Eritrea and Ethiopia. Each entry includes its available caption, date, place and source.
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LM1--Drawing, woman carrying water jug, 1953
1953 (source title) · Tom Lehman — Lois Marks (Ethiopia : 1950-61), via Flickr

Hege 019 -- 1950s - -
1950s (source title) · Tom Lehman — Nathan Hege, via Flickr

The Obelisk at Axum
Aksum · 1809 (publication) · Twenty-Four Views in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt (William Miller, London, 1809), via Wikimedia Commons

People in Shoa Province Paying Respects to the Spirits
1965-1966 · University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries, Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent; African Studies Collection

Coptic Manuscript
1800-1970 · University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries, Chazen Museum of Art Permanent Collection; Chazen Museum of Art Collection; Arts Collection

Theropithecus gelada
ca. 1980 · University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries, PrimateImages: Natural History Collection; Primate Collection

Egitto, Nubia e Abissinia.
Secolo 19. · Università di Padova, Biblioteca di Geografia, PHAIDRA

A labourer of Agame
Agame · 1849 (publication) · Voyage en Abyssinie (Paris, 1845–1849), via Wikimedia Commons

AdigratChurch1867.jpg
Adigrat / Agame · 1867 · Wikimedia Commons

Biete Ghiorgis (Church of Saint George), Lalibela
Lalibela · Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (2009)

Threshold of Takha Maryam, 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

Late Aksumite Architecture in Trench DJ9, Aksum
Aksum · Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume II

Scribal priest outside a court in Gondar
Gondar · 1954 · 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

SMITH(1890) p075 LETTER FROM KING JOHN OF ABYSSINIA TO QUEEN VICTORIA
1890 · British Library, via Wikimedia Commons

Yeha, carved stone frieze of stylised ibex, 2006. Originally part of the Great Temple, it is now built into the west wall of the modern church.
Yeha · 2006 · David W. Phillipson — Ancient Churches of Ethiopia (2009)

Mika’el Amba
Atsbi area · David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (2009)

Afalbà (prov. di Enghena)
Afalbà · Delcampe marketplace

Ruins 6 and 7, Qohaito
Qohaito · Deutsche Aksum-Expedition, Band II: Ältere Denkmäler Nordabessiniens

Abessinier und Reisebegleiter Mittelholzers vor Auto
circa March 1934 · ETH-Bibliothek image archive, via Wikimedia Commons

Illustrations, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica volume 2, PDF page 38
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 2 (local permitted corpus)

Illustrations, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica volume 3, PDF page 30
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 3 (local permitted corpus)

Illustration, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica volume 4, PDF page 30
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 4 (local permitted corpus)

Illustrations, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica volume 5, PDF page 34
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 5 (local permitted corpus)

The Daro, or Ficus vasta, i.e. sycamore, seen at the foot of Mount Taranta (Salt 229)
Mount Taranta · 19th century · Ethiopia Engraved / Link Ethiopia — Habesha History corpus

East Elevation of the Half-Timbered Church of Agobo Qirqos
Agobo Qirqos near Aṣbi, 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 the False Door, Aksum
Aksum · Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum & the Northern Horn 1000 BC - AD 1300

Aspects de L’Archeologie Ethiopienne — PDF page 11
Francis Anfray — Aspects de L’Archeologie Ethiopienne (1968)

La poterie de Maṭarā: Esquisse typologique — PDF page 22
Francis Anfray — La poterie de Maṭarā: Esquisse typologique (1966)

L’archéologie d’axoum en 1972 — PDF page 8
Francis Anfray — L’archéologie d’axoum en 1972 (1972)

Matara: the Archaeological Investigation of a City of Ancient Eritrea — PDF page 8
Francis Anfray — Matara: the Archaeological Investigation of a City of Ancient Eritrea (2012)

Maṭarā — PDF page 3
Francis Anfray — Maṭarā (1967)

Première campagne de fouilles à Maṭarā (Nov. 1959- Janv. 1960) — PDF page 4
Francis Anfray — Première campagne de fouilles à Maṭarā (Nov. 1959- Janv. 1960) (1963)

Une campagne de fouilles à Yĕḥā (Février-mars 1960) — PDF page 25
Francis Anfray — Une campagne de fouilles à Yĕḥā (Février-mars 1960) (1963)

Gunda-Gunde Monastery Complex
Agame · Guidebook: National Museum of Ethiopia, Historical Archaeology Exhibition

A Companion to Medieval Ethiopia and Eritrea — illustration 1, PDF page 22
Habesha History book corpus — A Companion to Medieval Ethiopia and Eritrea

A History of Ethiopia — illustration 1, PDF page 20
Habesha History book corpus — A History of Ethiopia

A Political History of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (1975-1991): Revolt, Ideology and Mobilisation in Ethiopia — illustration 1, PDF page 12
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 17
Habesha History book corpus — Abyssinia, 1867–1868: Artists on Campaign

Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, Volume 25 (2022) — illustration 1, PDF page 106
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 2, 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 11
Habesha History book corpus — Aksum: An African Civilisation in its World Contexts

Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity — illustration 1, PDF page 70
Habesha History book corpus — Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity

Aksum: An archaeological introduction and guide — illustrated page 6
Habesha History book corpus — Aksum: An archaeological introduction and guide

Aksum: Research of General Topography — illustration 2, PDF page 184
Habesha History book corpus — Aksum: Research of General Topography

Aksumite civilization, its connections and descendants — illustration 2, 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 14
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 2, PDF page 6
Habesha History book corpus — An Overview of Traditional Architecture in Ethiopia

Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries — PDF page 19
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 21
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 2, PDF page 5
Habesha History book corpus — Anthropologische Untersuchung der Schädel aus Qohayto/Eritrea

Arabs and Empires before Islam — illustration 2, PDF page 191
Habesha History book corpus — Arabs and Empires before Islam

Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume I — illustrated page 21
Habesha History book corpus — Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume I

Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume II — illustrated page 16
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 5
Habesha History book corpus — Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896: The Italian Disaster in Ethiopia

Beta Samati: discovery and excavation of an Aksumite town — illustration 1, PDF page 6
Habesha History book corpus — Beta Samati: discovery and excavation of an Aksumite town

Changing Settlement Patterns in the Aksum-Yeha Region of Ethiopia: 700 BC - AD 850 — illustration 1, PDF page 27
Habesha History book corpus — Changing Settlement Patterns in the Aksum-Yeha Region of Ethiopia: 700 BC - AD 850
