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The 'obelisk'—properly termed a stele [a] or, in the local languages, Tigrinya: hawelt; and church Ge'ez: hawelti —is found along with many other stelae in the city of Axum in modern-day Ethiopia. The stelae were probably carved and erected during the 4th century CE by subjects of the Kingdom of Aksum, an ancient Ethiopian civilization ...
The Kingdom of Aksum (Ge'ez: አክሱም, romanized: ʾÄksum; Sabaean: 𐩱𐩫𐩪𐩣, ʾkšm; Ancient Greek: Ἀξωμίτης, romanized: Axōmítēs) also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in East Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, based in what is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, and spanning present-day Djibouti and ...
Axum, also spelled Aksum (pronounced: / ˈɑːkˈsuːm / ⓘ), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia with a population of 66,900 residents (as of 2015). [ 2 ] It is the site of the historic capital of the Aksumite Empire. [ 3 ] Axum is located in the Central Zone of the Tigray Region, near the base of the Adwa mountains.
Coordinates: 14°07′49″N 38°43′10″E. The dome and bell tower of the New Cathedral of Our Lady Mary of Zion. The Church of Our Lady, Mary of Zion[a] is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church which is claimed to contain the Ark of the Covenant. The church is located in the town of Axum, Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia, near the grounds ...
Eastern Orthodox Church. Roman Catholic Church. Feast. 24 October – Eastern Orthodox Church [3][4] 28 May – Ethiopian Orthodox [5][6] 27 October – Catholic Church [note 1] Kaleb (Ge'ez: ካሌብ, Latin: Caleb), also known as Elesbaan (Ge'ez: እለ አጽብሐ, Koinē Greek: Ἐλεσβαᾶς), was King of Aksum, which was situated in ...
Ezana (Ge'ez: ዔዛና, ‘Ezana, unvocalized ዐዘነ ‘zn), (Ancient Greek: Ἠεζάνα, Aezana) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum (320s – c. 360 AD). One of the best-documented rulers of Aksum, Ezana is important as he is the country's first king to embrace Christianity and make it the official religion.
African States and Rulers (third ed.). London: McFarland. p. 23. ISBN 0-7864-2562-8. Munro-Hay, Stuart (1978). The Chronology of Aksum: A Reappraisal of the History and Development of the Aksumite State from Numismatic and Archeological Evidence. University of London. Munro-Hay, Stuart (1991). Aksum: An African Civilization of Late Antiquity ...
When Aksumite control of the Red Sea intensified, Aksum was classified as a great power in the late 3rd century, as evidenced by Monumentum Adulitanum, and supported by Stuart Munro-Hay. [1] In 330, Aksum completely sacked Meroë under King Ezana of Axum, marking the period of territorial expansion, together with his predecessor Ousanas. [2]