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