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

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 first kingdom there is documentary evidence for in Africa is Aksum, which is thought to have emerged in the second century. In ancient times, Ethiopia was centred around Aksum and had its ...

The first kingdom for which there is documentary evidence on the continent is that of Aksum, which probably emerged in the second century. Therefore, Ethiopia is considered to be the oldest ...