The
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica (
EAE) is a basic
reference work for
Ethiopian and
Eritrean Studies. The
Encyclopaedia Aethiopica provides access to reliable and state-of-the art information in all fields of the discipline, i.e. anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, history, geography, languages and literatures, art, religion, culture and basic data. Although the main audience is academic, most articles are readable also for non-specialists. The
EAE is richly illustrated with maps and photographs many of which were never published before. It does, however, employ an in-house form of
romanization of
Geez, Amharic, and other languages, which varies greatly from standard formats, such as
BGN/PCGN: the emperor
Menelek II's name, for example, is written as "Mənilək II".