Ethiopian CivilizationB. Giday, 1991 - 188 pages |
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Page 85
... Lalibela , to whom tradition attributes the construction of the famou rock - hewn churches at Lalibela which rank among the man - made wonde- rs of the world together with the stelae of Aksum . Some historians , however , contend that ...
... Lalibela , to whom tradition attributes the construction of the famou rock - hewn churches at Lalibela which rank among the man - made wonde- rs of the world together with the stelae of Aksum . Some historians , however , contend that ...
Page 87
... Lalibela between 1521 and 1525 , was full of admiration for the rock - churches of Lalibela and writes of Very well hewn churches excavated from the rock , the likes of which cannot be found anywhere in the world . " Of Golgotta he says ...
... Lalibela between 1521 and 1525 , was full of admiration for the rock - churches of Lalibela and writes of Very well hewn churches excavated from the rock , the likes of which cannot be found anywhere in the world . " Of Golgotta he says ...
Page 89
... Lalibela churches were inherited from Aksum . The rock churches of Lalibela are only a small part of a much larger collection of rock churches found in Tigrai and elsewhere in the country . The members of the German Aksum Expedition ...
... Lalibela churches were inherited from Aksum . The rock churches of Lalibela are only a small part of a much larger collection of rock churches found in Tigrai and elsewhere in the country . The members of the German Aksum Expedition ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 4 |
The Empire of Aksum | 17 |
Aksum a Mysterious City | 34 |
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Abba Abreha and Atsbeha Abune Aregawi Addis Ababa Adua Adulis Ahmed Gragn Aksum Aksumite coins Aksumite Emperors Aksumite Empire ancient army Ato Habtu Biete bishop built carved century A.D. Christianity city of Aksum Debre Damo Dejazmatch dynasty Emperor Ezana Emperor Fasil Emperor Kaleb Emperor Yohannes Empire of Aksum Endybis Enfraz Eritrea Ethiopian Church Ethiopian Orthodox Church excavated Ezana Felasha Gebre Meskel Geez Gelawdewos gold Gonder Hauzien hewn churches Holy hymns inscription Italian Jerusalem Kaleb Kibre Negest King Solomon Lalibela land Lasta manuscripts Mariam Menelik Metera metres monastery Moslems obelisks palace port of Adulis Queen of Saba Ras Sihul Mikael Red Sea reign religious rock churches rock-hewn churches ruins rulers Sabean Saint Yared Saizana Shewa Sion Southern Arabia stelae stele stone Tekle Haimanot temples Tewodros thousand throne Tigrai tomb town trade Yeha Yemen Yodit Yohannes IV Zagwe Zagwe Dynasty Zara Yacob