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Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia

Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia. A sneak preview. Ethiopia – a place full of surprises. Ethiopia – facts and figures. Located in East Africa About twice the size of Texas Cradle of mankind Home to world’s oldest archaeological sites Roof of Africa Home to the Ark?

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Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia

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  1. Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia A sneak preview

  2. Ethiopia – a place full of surprises

  3. Ethiopia – facts and figures • Located in East Africa • About twice the size of Texas • Cradle of mankind • Home to world’s oldest archaeological sites • Roof of Africa • Home to the Ark? • Never colonized • Source of the Blue Nile

  4. Storylines presented in the exhibit • Prehistoric section: • Origins of mankind • Historic section • Kingdom of Aksum • Rock-hewn churches of Lalibela • Castles in Gondar • Imperial history in recent times

  5. Meet AL 288-1 • Discovered in 1974 • Oldest known and most complete fossil remains of early human ancestor • Known as “Lucy” as well as “Dinkenesh”

  6. Ethiopia – Cradle of Mankind • Fossils of early human ancestors ranging from 5.8 mya to modern times (200,000 ya) • Home to the broadest selection of hominid fossils in the world.

  7. Up close and personal: our own most direct ancestor

  8. Aksum

  9. Monumental royal grave markers

  10. Return of the obelisk from Rome

  11. Home to the Ark of the Covenant

  12. Lalibela – rock-hewn churches

  13. Gondar – Royal compound

  14. Harar: Holy City and home of hyena man

  15. Lake Tana - monasteries

  16. Contemporary Ethiopia

  17. Coming soon to HMNS • August 31, 2007 – April 20, 2008 • More information: www.hmns.org

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