| Country |
Province
State |
Region |
City
Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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Description |
Year
Taken |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Northern Stelae Field |
|
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The Tomb of the Brick Arches was excavated in 1974. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Northern Stelae Field |
|
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Hoopoe bird. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Northern Stelae Field |
|
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Chipmunk. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Northern Stelae Field |
|
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The early 20th century house of the governor of Tigray. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Aksum has a busy Saturday market. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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People and animals at the market. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Sheep for sale. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Goats heading for the animal market. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Buying and selling goats for Easter. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Turbanned man. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Woman with chicken. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Camel and sheep. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Camel. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Woman with donkey. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Typical market scene. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Lemon sellers. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Street tailor. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Woman with pot. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Woman with chicken and donkey. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Camel and donkeys. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Onions. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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People at the market. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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A group of camels. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Selling oil. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Old woman. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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People and donkeys. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Buying and selling vegetables. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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People buying and selling chickens. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Man with chicken. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Garlic seller. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Mixed spice. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Knife sharpener. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Woman in orange. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Pots. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Woman at the market. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Woman with purple head dress. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Woman carrying brooms. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Two women and chickens. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Agreeing a price. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Injera basket. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Two women in the crowd. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Old woman. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Woman with typical Tigray hairstyle. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Market scene. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Women with Tigray hair and a Palm Sunday band. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Selling grain. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Girl selling straw. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Donkeys. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Ceramic utensil for making injera. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Woman. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Camel under a tree. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Bread shop. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Two women talking. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Returning home with purchases. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Woman with red and white head dress. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Woman in white and blue. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Camel carrying a mattress. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Man with stick. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Couple at the market. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Saturday Market |
|
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Transporting animals by motor rickshaw. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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View northwards from Aksum. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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View eastwards to the Adwa Mountains. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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The Adwa Mountains behind a ridge. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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The misty Adwa Mountains. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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The entrance to the 1500 year old Tomb of King Kaleb. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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Morning view. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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Rural scene. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
Tomb of Gebre Meskel |
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The entrance to the Tomb of Gebre Meskel. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
Tomb of Gebre Meskel |
 |
The main burial chamber has an entrance portal carved from a single block of stone. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
Tomb of Gebre Meskel |
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Three sarcophagi in the main burial chamber. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
Tomb of Gebre Meskel |
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The stonework fits together very tightly. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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King Ezana's Inscription is written in three languages. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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The Queen of Sheba's Bath is a water resevoir. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Ezana Park |
|
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Ezana Park is full of bird life. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
Ezana Park |
|
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Masked Weaver. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
King Bazen's Tomb |
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The Tomb of King Bazen who reigned 2000 years ago. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
King Bazen's Tomb |
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One of four burial chambers. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
King Bazen's Tomb |
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Unfinished burial chambers. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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Camels in the old city. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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A small settlement at Godebra. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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Mount Godebra. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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The Lioness of Godebra is carved on a large boulder. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
Queen of Sheba Palace |
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The Queen of Sheba Palace is the residence of a nobleman. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
Queen of Sheba Palace |
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The building has typical Aksumnite features. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
Queen of Sheba Palace |
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The palace overlooked by Mount Godebra. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
Queen of Sheba Palace |
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The flagstones of the throne room. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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The Gudit Stelae Field. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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Red Eyed Dove. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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Fire Finch. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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The long tailed Mouse Bird. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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A Sun Bird. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
|
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Restaurant waiter. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
St Mary of Zion Church |
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The New St Mary of Zion Church dates from the 1960s. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
St Mary of Zion Church |
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The interior of the new church is large and bare. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
St Mary of Zion Church |
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Painting of St George killing the dragon with elements of the Perseus-Andromeda story. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
St Mary of Zion Church |
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The deacon displaying one of the old Bibles written in Ge'ez. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
St Mary of Zion Church |
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Three women outside the new church. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
St Mary of Zion Church |
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Priest preaching to a group of children. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
St Mary of Zion Church |
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Children listening to the priest. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
Tigray |
|
Aksum |
|
St Mary of Zion Church |
 |
The Ark of the Covenant is believed by Ethiopians to contain the original ark given to Moses by God. |
2011 |
were added from 1 February 2025.