Ethiopia 6, Addis Ababa, The National Museum2

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ETHIOPIA
Addis Ababa
National Museum of Ethiopia
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ADDIS ABABA
Addis Ababa (the name means 'new flower') is of
fairly recent origin - Menelik II founded the
city in 1887 but is an important administrative
centre not only for Ethiopia but also for the
whole of Africa. Situated in the foothills of the
Entoto Mountains and standing 2,400 metres above
sea level it is the third highest capital in the
world. The city has a population of about four
million. The National Museum of Ethiopia (NME),
also referred to as the Ethiopian National
Museum, is the primary museum in Ethiopia. It is
located in the nation's capital, Addis Ababa,
near the graduate school of Addis Ababa University
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The museum houses the nation's artistic treasures
as well as many of the most precious
archaeological finds such as the fossilized
remains of early hominids, the most famous of
which is "Lucy," the partial skeleton of a
specimen of Australopithecus afarensis. Recently
added to the basement gallery is a display on
Selam, found between 2000 and 2004. Estimated to
be 3.3 million years old, this A. afarensis
specimen is considered to be the earliest child.
The NME at present has four main exhibition
sections. The basement is dedicated to
archaeological and paleoanthropological sections.
This area show the previously mentioned hominids
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Amphora used to import olive oil from
Mediterranean World 4 -7th CAD
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Stone statue from Addi-Galamo, Tigray Region
(dated 6th-5th century BCE)
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Incense burner, stone, 6-5th CBC
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A model of the so called Palace of Dongur near
Aksum, from the 6th century
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Oil lamp with representation of a dog hunting an
Ibex (bronze before 1st C.B.C)
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Mule saddle of Emperor Yohannes 4th (1872-1889)
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Mule saddle of Emperor Yohannes 4th (1872-1889)
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Lucy is the common name of AL 288-1, several
hundred pieces of bone representing about 40 of
the skeleton of a female Australopithecus
afarensis. It was discovered in 1974 at Hadar in
the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
In paleoanthropology, usually only fossil
fragments are found and only rarely are skulls or
ribs uncovered intact thus this discovery was
extraordinary and provided an enormous amount of
scientific evidence. Lucy is estimated to have
lived 3.2 million years ago, and is classified as
a hominid. In her Ethiopian homeland, Lucy is
called "dinknesh," which means "the wondrous one."
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Lucy is preserved at the National Museum of
Ethiopia in Addis Ababa. A plaster replica is
displayed instead of the original skeleton. A
cast of the original skeleton in its
reconstructed form remains on display at the
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
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Chimpanzee male and female skull
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Homo Sapiens Adaltu - 160.000 years old
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Homo Sapiens Adaltu - 160.000 years old
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