<< Image Pages >> Aksum - Ancient Village or Settlement in Ethiopia
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Multi-periodSite Name: AksumCountry: Ethiopia
NOTE: This site is 163.616 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Adis Adaba
Latitude: 14.130190N Longitude: 38.718610E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The ruins of the ancient city of Aksum mark the location of the heart of the ancient Kingdom of Ethiopia (Aksum). The massive ruins include monolithic obelisks, giant stelae, royal tombs and the ruins of ancient palaces.
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