"Aksum is our Mecca," declares senior cleric Godefa Merha, who believes that just as churches are banned in Islam's holiest site, mosques cannot exist in Aksum. "Aksum is a holy place. This city ...

Despite the lack of sources, it is known that Aksum remained an important religious centre. The Church of Our Lady of Mary Zion became a significant place of pilgrimage, and the Central Stele Park too ...

1 Kings, 10, v.1-2, Old Testament. Although there is no evidence that the Queen of Sheba did come from Aksum, it has become part of the Ethiopian church's central tenets. "The Ethiopians say she ...

Its cultural property encompasses the ancient Aksum town, which houses hundreds of stelae (granite monoliths), several churches, and other monumental structures. The monuments reflect the wealth and ...