I (a)
| Granite Sphinx of Tirhaka, (Tahargo) King of Egypt and Ethiopia (689-664 BC) (Trustees of the British Museum)
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I (b)
| Letter in Aramaic from the Elephantine archive containing instructions to the Jewish garrison for celebrating Passover. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin)
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II (a)
| The Queen of Sheba bringing presents to King Solomon, fresco by Raphael (Mansell/Alinari)
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II (b)
| The Baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch by Aelbert Cuyp. (National Trust, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire)
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III (a)
| James Bruce of Kinnaird from a portrait by Martin. (In the possession of the Earl of Elgin)
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III (b)
| Filloseno Luzzatto, eldest son of S.D. Luzzatto of Padua. (Sourasky Central Library, Tel Aviv University)
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III (c)
| Fasilidas' Castle at Gondar built in the seventeenth century with the help of falasha craftsmen. (Photo by David Kessler)
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IV (a)
| The Rev. Henry Stern preaching to the Falashas at Shargee.
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IV (b)
| Emperor Theodore by Baudran (from Lejean's Theodore II, Paris, 1865)
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V (a)
| Rabbi Dr. Israel Hildesheimer of Eisenstadt.
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V (b)
| Joseph Halevy. (Hebrew University and National Library)
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V (c)
| Jacques Faitlovitch with Getie Jeremias and Solomon Isaak. (From Quer durch Abessinien, Berlin, 1910)
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VI (a)
| Jacques Faitlovitch and Tamrat Emanuel (Beth Hatefutsot Museum, Tel Aviv)
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VI (b)
| The Falasha school in Addis Ababa, closed in 1936
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VII (a)
| Norman Bentwich with a group of Falashas at Tedda in 1961; Kahen Rafael Hadani is standing on Bentwich's left.
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VII (b)
| Letter in Hebrew addressed to 'our brethern, sons of Abraham, Isaac and jacob who dwell in Abyssinia, and signed in 1906 by forty-four leading Rabbis in various countries.
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VIII (a)
| Ovadia Yossef, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel in 1973
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VIII (b)
| R.S.M. Hazzi Ovadia of the Israeli Defense Forces
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IX (a)
| Yona Bogale (third from right) and his brother with Falasha settlers at Abder Rafi in 1970 (Photo by David Kessler)
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IX (b)
| Falashas ploughing near Ambober in 1970 (Photo by David Kessler)
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X (a)
| Falasha women selling pottery and mats in the market at Tedda in 1970 (Photo by David Kessler)
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X (b)
| Falasha dwellings near Ambober, 1970 (Photo by David Kessler)
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XI (a)
| Falasha elders with Mikhail Admass Eshkol (right) at Enda Bagona, Tigrai province. (Photo by David Kessler)
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XI (b)
| Stone-built synagogue at Enda Bagona (Photo by David Kessler)
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XII (a)
| A conference of Falasha villagers at Benker, with Simon Guedj of the World ORT Union and Dajani Aron, the agricultural adviser, June 1979 (Photo by David Kessler)
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XII (b)
| New ORT school at Senker Tekkem under construction, June 1979 (Photo by David Kessler)
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Map 1
| Ethiopia and its neighbours
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Map 2
| Distribution of Agua Language
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Map 3
| Distribution of Falasha population
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