Name: Mengistu

Father’s name: Gobezie

Grand father’s name: Worku

Education Attended:

• B.A., in History, Addis Ababa University, 1998.
• M.A., in Archaeology, Addis Ababa University, 2004
• Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies, African Program in Museum and Heritage Studies: University of Western Cape, University of  Cape Town and Robben Island Museum (2008), South Africa.

Academic rank: Assit. Prof

Working for AAU since 2009

Administrative positions held:

Head, Department of Social Sciences, St. Mary University College

Community Service: Board Chairman, Ethiopian Historic Heritage Conservation and  Development Association.

Address:

Campus: Main

Building:  Social Sciences

Floor number: 3^rd

Office room no.: 218

Office tel. +251-11- 239718

Mobile: +251-911-600538

University email ID: mengistu.gobezie@aau.edu.et

Alternative email: m_gobezie@yahoo.com

Research interest:

Heritage tourism and the archaeology of Early Medieval Ethiopia, a particular emphasis to the Zagwe Period.

Publications in reputable journals:

• Lalibela: A Museum of Living Rocks (2013)
• Yemirhane Kristos: A Bridge between Axum and Lalibela Civilizations (2011)
• Heritage Tourism in Ethiopia (2008)