ETHIOPIA

You are most welcome to Ethiopia –The Wonders of
The Horn of Africa.Ethiopia is a country with an ancient civilization, a historic culture and proud tradition. With the land twice the size of France, Kenya or Texas & four and half times the size of Great Britain and Italy, Ethiopia is a nation with more than 3,500 years of history. Ethiopia is the only African nation with its own alphabets (Saba of Ge’ez), languages and religious notas.Ethiopia may well be the true ‘Cradle of Mankind’ since the fossilized remains of man’s oldest known ancestor; Australopithecus Afarensis have been found in 1974 at a site on the lower Awash River in North-East Ethiopia. Dating back at least 3.5 million years, the original find is nicknamed ‘LUCY.’

Ethiopia developed a sophisticated culture based on a deep love of religion. Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church predated the Vatican and is one of the oldest continuously Christian Churches in the world. The first Muslims, facing persecution in Mecca, were granted refuge in Ethiopia and established places of worship before Islam triumphed in its birth places in the Arabian Peninsula.

What Is More?

• Well-known travel writers identified Ethiopia as one of the 15 must-be-visited places in the world before one dies.

• The oldest fossil man, who lived more than 3.5 years, was found in Ethiopia.

• The origin of Coffee is Ethiopia.

• Lake Tana is the source of Blue Nile and it houses many historical monasteries and explodes with the Tiss Issat Falls.

• The early Portuguese traveler, Francisco Alvarez described the monolithic Churches of Lalibella… edifices the like of which can not be found in the world…These Churches are one of the eight wonders of the world.

• Harar, the walled city, which is found in the 9th century AD, is the fourth Islamic center in the world.

• Marcato, a market place in Addis Ababa is the largest open-air market in Africa.

• Semen Mountain, according to the renowned naturalist Leslie Browne is “the most spectacular scenery in the world” and UNESCO has registered this landscape as the world heritage.

• Ethiopia has unique and abundant wild life from which 31 species of big mammals, 25 species of birds and more than 200 species of plants are endemic. So, to explore the country and to test its famous and delicious food here you have TURMI TRAVEL ETHIOPIA.

 

~ por turmitravel en Junio 15, 2008.