Considered as being the cradle of humankind, Ethiopia is known as the oldest independent country of Africa. Besides that, also two rivers streaming through the Garden of Eden originate here:
- Black Nile, also known as the Pishon or Atbarah
- Blue Nile, also known as the Gihon or Abay
'Ethiopia' in Greek is 'Αἰθίοψ', in Latin becoming the unvocalized 'HBST', which is 'Habashat' in Arabic & leads to the Latinized 'Abyssinia'. Officially it means 'burned face', refering to a darker skin colour, but another explanation is possible:
- Abay, the river streaming through Cush to Eden
- Sinai, the mountain where burning bushes appeared to Moses
According to Immanuel Velikovsky, the burning bushes refer to an erupting volcano; the location of the mountain also is debatable. In Antiquities of the Jews, the prophet waged a war against Cush, besieged Meroë & even married there: Should the Sinai be located near the Abay & is the history of Midian a partial duplicate?
According to Helena Blavatsky, the actual inhabitants of the Abyssinian highlands migrated there from the Indian subcontinent: Through Iran, crossing the Fertile Crescent, passing by what is known as the Sinai peninsula & finally along the Nile reaching their destination. This thesis supports Indigenous Aryanism, offering the possibility Moses might be a partial duplicate of the following lawgivers: Menes, Minos, Mannus, Manu, ...
According to Kebra Nagast, the son of Solomon & Makeda was Menelik: He brought the Ark of the Covenant to Axum, housed in a chapel near the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion. Claiming to be descendants of the tribe of Dan, many accounts of the Beta Israel consider the mentioned epic as propaganda to delegitimize the Zagwe: Were they once joined with the Bene Israel, as was known by Maimonides?
According to Gadla Lalibela, their most famous king constructed his own Jerusalem, with Bete Giyorgis as best preserved one of the eleven rock-hewn churches, similar to the Ellora Caves. Which lost technology was available to construct them?
