Rebecca Soloman and her team travel deep into the Ethiopian desert to find the one man who may know the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant, unaware that an assassin is hunting the same man in the hopes of keeping the ancient secret safe.
Traces the history of Ethiopia from ancient times to the present and examines some of the reasons for the devastating famines and wars that have kept this nation in the headlines.
The author recounts her experiences on National Geographic's 1999 expedition along the Blue Nile in Ethiopia from its source all the way to the Sudan border, describing the peoples she encountered and the cultures that shape the country.
Nega Mezlekia recounts the experiences he had as a boy growing up in the city of Jijiga, Ethiopia, during the 1970s and '80s, including his forced enlistment in a guerrilla army.
An Ethiopian boy finds his life endangered when he discovers that a disguised blacksmith, not a leopard, is responsible for a great many missing cattle in the area.
