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<< Image Pages >> Aksum - Ancient Village or Settlement in Ethiopia

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 23 July 2006  Page Views: 10066

Multi-periodSite Name: Aksum
Country: Ethiopia
NOTE: This site is 118.492 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Adis Adaba
Latitude: 14.130190N  Longitude: 38.718610E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Aksum
Aksum submitted by durhamnature : Old photo of the monoliths from "American Journal of Archaeology" via archive.org Site in Ethiopia (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Ethiopia

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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Aksum submitted by baz : The fallen stela (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Aksum submitted by baz : Ancient village/settlement in Ethiopia (Vote or comment on this photo)

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