From the seventh to eighth century onwards, the Aksumite Kingdom fell in decline due to a combination of mutually ... In 2008, a new museum was built in Aksum. Its main purpose besides exhibiting ...

(Matyas Rehak/Adobe Stock) Hundreds of ancient obelisks and ... Later in his life, though, the king replaced that iconography with a single cross. “Aksum converted to Christianity in the fourth ...

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), ...

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 ...

The Ethiopian branch of Christianity first emerged in the kingdom of Aksum in the northern corner ... popular story connected to the region is the ancient account of the Queen of Sheba.

They mark the site of the ancient city Meroë ... An invasion by the kingdom of Axum brings Meroë's dominance to an end. The city and royal necropolis are eventually abandoned.