Ethiopia is often regarded as the oldest country in Africa, with a history that stretches back at least 160,000 years, if not ...

The Great Temple of Yeha, near Aksum, was built around 700 B.C. and is one of the most ancient and biggest standing structures in sub-Saharan Africa.(ArtushFoto/ Adobe Stock) In 2009, Harrower and ...

The continent's oldest independent country is Ethiopia, which apart from a five-year occupation by Mussolini's Italy, has ...

Civil wars threatened Aksumite power in the Horn of Africa. In addition, the destructive wars between the Byzantine ... In 2008, a new museum was built in Aksum. Its main purpose besides exhibiting ...

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), ...

The state was a founding member of the United Nations, as well as the African base for multiple international organisations. In ancient times Ethiopia was centred on Aksum, its imperial capital ...

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 ...

The person who introduced Christianity to Aksum is said to be Fremnatos ... significance outside the Horn of Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries. The ancient nature of the church, combined ...

Thousands of Muslims gathered in Mekelle today, 21 January , 2025, to protest against the failure of schools in Axum to comply with ... by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and ...