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According to the #Ethiopian traditional commentary on the Apocalypse of John; the explanation of the number 666, is that it signifies "the false Messiah who is clever, knowledgeable, created on the day of Friday & has 666 blood vessels"
18th C of the #falseMessiah as a king

"ማርያም ማለት  መንግሥተ ሰማይ መርታ የምታገባ ማለት ነው እመቤታችን ማርያም ዓለም ሳይፈጠር በአምላክ ልቡና ታስባ ትኖር ነበር። ፍጥረት ሁሉ እመቤታችንን ለማመስገን ተፈጠረ፤ አዳምና ሔዋንም እመቤታችን ከእነሱ ልትወለድ ተፈጠሩ። " ታምረ ማርያም

#Lalibela is a small town in the Amhara region of northern #Ethiopia with a population are around 18000.
The whole of Lalibela is a large pilgrimage sites.
It is an important site for the antiquity & known for its distinctive rock-cut churches dating from the 12th-13th C.

Kalila wa-Dimna is a collection of fables written in Sanskrit 4th C. BC. Translated into Arabic in 8th C by Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa.
The only available #Ethiopian version is a marginal note dated 1582 in MS Or 534; a strong evidence that a complete Ethiopian version existed

The earliest earthquake recorded in #Ethiopia dates to 1432, the year  Zara Yaqob became king. "There was an earth tremors & a total solar eclipse" now identified as Eclipse 6286 in Oppolzer's classification.
The opening of the 6th seal: the earthquake (Revelation) Ethiopian MS

መዝሙረ፡ ዳዊት, the Psalms of David, held in the monastery of Dimā Giyorgis #Gojjam #Ethiopia Previously owned by Dejazmach Balcha ባልቻ (1863 –1936) Balcha was a military commander & lord protector of the crown, he fought at the battle of Adwa 1896 & the Italo-Ethiopian War

Depictions of dragons and serpents are found in Ethiopian art. The illustration are sophisticated and they look much more like reptilian.

Here are some of my favourite images of dragons in #Ethiopian manuscripts art, from the @britishlibrary collection.

@BLAsia_Africa
#dragons

"#Ethiopia, Africa’s only indigenous rose species – the Rosa abyssinica; an evergreen Rosaceae with white & creamy fragrant flowers and orange climbing hips, popular in the highlands & around Bale."
Support poor Ethiopian flower workers by  burying Fairtrade #Ethiopianflower

Animals with magical abilities are frequently recorded in biographies of #Ethiopian saints. They appear when hermits are praying in mountain caves, or at the death or funeral of a Saint. #birds appear on a birth or death of a saint, #lions reveal themselves to serve them.

Pottery making in #Ethiopia dates before 1st millennium BC Useful or ornamental #pottery, give a good insight into the cultures & tradition of ancient peoples. Ethiopian style bottles, jars, jugs for carrying & storing water were frequently depicted in 16th-19th c. Ethiopian art