A newly-discovered rock art panel on the western bank of the River Nile may depict an Ancient Egyptian authority figure from ...

Tonight the Coptic Museum is celebrating Coptic New Year with a series of lectures about Coptic arts, history, the Coptic calendar, and its relation to the ancient Egyptian calendar.

These Seven Stunning Towers Memorialize Lost Black Lives With Mirrors, Light and Ethiopian Cross Designs At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a ...

Makonnen worked with National Museum of African Art curator Kevin D. Dumouchelle to select the objects, which include examples of the types of Ethiopian Coptic crosses that directly informed the ...

“People often think African art is just about tradition or folklore, but it’s far more complex — it's a critical part of the global conversation,” says Mifta Zeleke, a curator whose work reshapes ...

Sophie Ong is the coordinating curator of “Ethiopia at the Crossroads” at the Toledo Museum of Art. Courtesy Toledo Museum of Art What’s the origin story of this exhibition? Why Ethiopia ...

“Ethiopia at the Crossroads,” traverses 1,750 years of that nation’s artistic traditions, emphasizing its influence as the bridge between Africa, Europe, and Asia.

EXPLAINER: Why Ethiopia is in 2016 while other countries are eight years ahead While the rest of the world has progressed to 2024, Ethiopia remains in 2016 because of its distinct calendar system.

By the beginning of the 11th century, only the Nubian and Ethiopian colonies of Coptic culture were intact.

“Ethiopia at the Crossroads” is getting a special blockchain boost for its final stint at the Toledo Museum of Art as part of the Ethiopian family art collective’s residency with the museum ...

On September 11, Ethiopians will officially celebrate the beginning of the year 2017. So why is this East African country’s calendar seven years and eight months “behind” the rest of the world?