Bringing a tyrannical Ethiopian queen and her twins to life
Playwright Banna Desta has brought to life an often-overlooked ancient African civilisation in her latest work - a compelling ...
TheTravel on MSN4d
10 Forgotten Civilizations That Shaped History
We know what the oldest civilizations in the world are thanks to archaeology, but there are many others we are only just ...
Simon Fraser University5y
Aksum after the Kingdom
The establishment of Arab control over the Red Sea - destroying Adulis between 702 and 715 AD - effectively isolated the kingdom from its religious companions to the north. Subsequently, Aksum could ...
Al Bawaba News5y
Ethiopia Discovers The 'Lost' Village of 1st Century Aksum That Rivalled The Roman Empire
Village of Beta Samati has been uncovered and found to belong to Aksum Empire. A village in Ethiopia has been discovered which belonged to the little-known Empire of Aksum - a bustling ...
Simon Fraser University5y
Capital of a Kingdom
The city of Aksum evolved from a ceremonial centre in the first century AD, with over 10,000 inhabitants, into the commercial and administrative centre of the Aksumite Kingdom. The kingdom was at its ...
BBC5y
Ethiopia mosque ban: 'Our sacred city of Aksum must be protected'
Many people see the controversy as unfortunate because the Kingdom of Aksum, one of the world's greatest ancient civilisations, was once famed for its religious tolerance. According to followers ...
BBC3y
Ethiopia & Nubia
The Ethiopian branch of Christianity first emerged in the kingdom of Aksum in the northern corner of the Ethiopian highlands. The person who introduced Christianity to Aksum is said to be ...