The Obelisk of Axum (Tigrinya: ሓወልቲ ኣኽሱም, romanized: ḥawelti Akhsum; Amharic: የአክሱም ሐውልት, romanized: Ye’Åksum ḥāwelt) is a 4th-century CE, 24-metre (79 ft)...
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Axum, also spelled Aksum (pronounced: /ˈɑːkˈsuːm/ ), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia with a population of 66,900 residents (as of 2015). It...
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was also an Ethiopian obelisk in Rome, the Obelisk of Axum, 24 m, placed in the Piazza di Porta Capena. It had been taken from Axum by the Italian Army...
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King Ezana's Stele (redirect from Ezana Obelisk)
Stele is a 4th century obelisk in the ancient city of Axum, in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The monument stands in the middle of the Northern Stelae Park...
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Kingdom of Aksum (Ge'ez: አክሱም, romanized: ʾÄksum; Sabaean: 𐩱𐩫𐩪𐩣, ʾkšm; Ancient Greek: Ἀξωμίτης, romanized: Axōmítēs) also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or...
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The church is located in the town of Axum, Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia, near the grounds of Obelisks of Axum. The original church is believed to...
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580 miles (930 km) from Aswan by barge on the Nile river. Karnak, Egypt. Obelisk, 328 tons. Largest architraves, 70 tons. Sandstone transported from Gebel...
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Classical African civilization (category History of Africa)
Axum, Numidia, and Nubia, but may also be extended to the prehistoric Land of Punt and others: Kingdom of Dagbon, the Empire of Ashanti, Kingdom of Kongo...
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Cush (Bible) (redirect from Cush, son of Ham)
Arabian Peninsula, and Djibouti and Eritrea on the Horn of Africa. Further, the great obelisk of Axum was said to have been erected by Cush in order to mark...
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy Machu Picchu, Peru The moai statues of Easter Island, Chile Newgrange, Ireland The Obelisk of Axum, Ethiopia The Polhem...
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