Ethiopian Atlas
World Heritage · cultural · inscribed 1980

Aksum

Ruins of the Aksumite capital — monolithic stelae, royal tombs and palace ruins of the kingdom that commanded Red Sea trade between the 1st and 8th centuries.

Located inAxum town woreda · Central zone · Tigray
Categorycultural
Inscribed1980

Where it sits in Ethiopia

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