Aksum

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Photograph of stela in Aksum

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Photograph of an obelisk in Aksum

In northern Ethiopia, there lie the ruins of an ancient city called Aksum. Dating back to the first century AD, these ruins were once grand monuments of the Aksumite Kingdom. This kingdom was in power for thousands of years, specifically between the 1st and 8th centuries AD. The...

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