I work for the Plattsburgh State Art Museum as a gallery attendant, and I found a personal connection to an Ethiopian healing scroll in the permanent collection. The scroll is about five feet long and ...

The life of Walatta Petros. Far-fetched it may sound, but what I am describing, without exaggeration, is the kingdom of Ethiopia that Latin Catholics encountered during the 16th and 17th centuries.

JERUSALEM — Two rival monks are posted at all times in a rooftop courtyard at the site of what is believed to be Jesus' crucifixion: a bearded Copt in a black robe and an Ethiopian sunning himself on ...