Under Kaleb’s rule, the Kingdom of Aksum reached its zenith, conquering new territories and strengthening its trading and ...

The ruins of the ancient city of Aksum are found close to Ethiopia's northern border. They mark the location of the heart of ancient Ethiopia, when the Kingdom of Aksum was the most powerful state ...

Over the years, Aksum became a major religious centre and an important place of Christian-Ethiopian pilgrimage. According to legend, Ethiopia is the kingdom of the Biblical Queen of Sheba, mother of ...

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This is also true of the Kingdom of Aksum, described as one of the four greatest civilisations of the ancient world. The Aksumite kings controlled trade in the Red Sea from their base in what is ...

The Ethiopian city of Aksum was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1980. Its cultural property encompasses the ancient Aksum town, which houses hundreds of stelae (granite monoliths), ...

Two landmark exhibitions reveal how Europe’s big institutions are rethinking their collections for the 21st century ...

In the epic, the Queen of Sheba is named Queen Makeda, a worshiper of the sun and the ruler of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum, located above the Horn of Africa. She learns of King Solomon from a ...

Dustin Kjersem’s battered body was discovered October 12 in a tent near Big Sky, Montana. A 911 caller said it looked like a ...

New evidence for the rise of Aksum during the last centuries BC is critically evaluated. Finally, new chronological precision is provided for the decline of Aksum and the transfer of centralised ...

Ethiopians are marking the start of a new year, with feasting in many homes despite the difficulties caused by rising prices and the war and hunger crisis raging in the north. Find out more about ...