Ethiopian CivilizationB. Giday, 1991 - 188 pages |
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... town serving as the local capital for the province of Aksum , Tigrai . Yet it displays a wealth of monuments , churches and traditions which testify to its past glory . Of all the ancient sites in Ethiopia , Aksum is the only one which ...
... town serving as the local capital for the province of Aksum , Tigrai . Yet it displays a wealth of monuments , churches and traditions which testify to its past glory . Of all the ancient sites in Ethiopia , Aksum is the only one which ...
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... town of Coloe existed . Another of the towns that echo , though on a far smaller scale , the glory of the Aksumite civilization is Metera . The area has beautiful scenery and the soft breezy air invigorates the spirit and gives pleasure ...
... town of Coloe existed . Another of the towns that echo , though on a far smaller scale , the glory of the Aksumite civilization is Metera . The area has beautiful scenery and the soft breezy air invigorates the spirit and gives pleasure ...
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... town is Hauzien . Aksum and Hauzien are the oldest towns extant in Ethiopia . In this town were four crude stelae * each about four to five metres high . These were brought from the western part of Hauzien to the centre of the town by ...
... town is Hauzien . Aksum and Hauzien are the oldest towns extant in Ethiopia . In this town were four crude stelae * each about four to five metres high . These were brought from the western part of Hauzien to the centre of the town by ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 4 |
The Empire of Aksum | 17 |
Aksum a Mysterious City | 34 |
Copyright | |
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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