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Bridging two worlds: The Aksum-Arabia Axis: The importance and influence of Aksum, an ancient empire that once held sway over both sides of the Red Sea.
Magazine article from: The Middle East; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Africa's greatest ancient civilisations. Aksum (or Axum in modern spelling) is best...Africa's interior across the Red Sea. Aksum's foundations are thought to have originated...But what is clear are the links between Aksum and southern Arabia. A recent excavation...
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Ethiopians certain providence, history protects their ancient city of Aksum.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 6/23/1998; ; 700+ words
; AKSUM, Ethiopia _The towering obelisk that symbolizes...out war. The dirt airstrip in the town of Aksum is shut down. The Ethiopian army is rushing...site matches the historical significance of Aksum, a dusty city in the northern highlands...
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BRIDGING TWO WORLDS: The Aksum-Arabia Axis
Magazine article from: Middle East; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; The importance and influence of Aksum, an ancient empire that once held sway...Africa's interior across the Red Sea, Aksum's foundations are thought to have originated...But what is clear are the links between Aksum and southern Arabia. A recent excavation...
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Changing Settlement Patterns in the Aksum-Yeha Region of Ethiopia: 700 BC-AD 850
Magazine article from: The International Journal of African Historical Studies; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Changing Settlement Patterns in the Aksum-Yeha Region of Ethiopia: 700 BC-AD...Michels' Changing Settlement Patterns in the Aksum-Yeha Region of Ethiopia: 700 BC-AD...published report to date of the 1974 Penn State Aksum-Yeha Archaeological Survey research project...
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UNESCO LAUNCHES RE-ERECTION PROJECT FOR AKSUM OBELISK IN ETHIOPIA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 6/22/2007; 465 words
; ...company, for the re-erection of the Aksum obelisk on its original location in Ethiopia...obelisk is the second largest stela on the Aksum World Heritage site. The obelisk, 24...was cut into three pieces and flown to Aksum in Antonov planes. In Aksum, it was deposited...
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INAUGURATION OF AKSUM OBELISK
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/8/2008; 473 words
; ...release: UNESCO "The reinstallation of the Aksum Obelisk is a source of pride for UNESCO...the official inauguration ceremony of the Aksum Obelisk in its original site in northern...operation. The third and last block of the Aksum Obelisk was successfully mounted by a team...
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ETHIOPIA: RETURN OF AKSUM OBELISK FACES NEW HURDLE
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 7/24/2001; 654 words
; ...return the obelisk to its original site in Aksum, northern Ethiopia. Last week, the statue...agency ANSA, quotes him as saying. The Aksum Obelisk is the tallest of three carved...the obelisk to its rightful owner. "The Aksum Obelisk is the property of Ethiopia...
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Rumours of life greatly exaggerated
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 4/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...described it in the late 18th century - in Aksum, a town now inconsiderable but once the...certain as to how this relic found its way to Aksum. The Queen of Sheba heard tales of Solomon...of his acquisition and installed it at Aksum. With brief sojourns elsewhere when hostile...
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Ethiopians Ponder Disrupting Their Present to Reclaim Past
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...artifacts has launched renewed interest in Aksum, a powerful kingdom that ruled the Horn...19th-century Greece or 1920s Egypt. "Aksum is one of the least known civilizations...archaeologists and historians who are working in Aksum, as he hunched over reams of drawings...
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Icons of devotion/icons of trade: creativity and entrepreneurship in contemporary "traditional" Ethiopian painting.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: African Arts; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; Aksum is one of Ethiopia's major tourist destinations...the region in the early fourth century, Aksum became a recognized center for the production...Scores of metalworkers and painters in Aksum and the surrounding region remain prolific...
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Aksum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Aksum or Axum , town (1994 pop. 27,148), Tigray region, N Ethiopia. Aksum was the capital of an empire (c.1st-8th cent...emperor Ezana was converted to Christianity, and today Aksum is a major center of Ethiopian Christianity. The...
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Wein, Elizabeth E(ve) 1964-
Book article from: Something About the Author
...sets part of this tale in the kingdom of Aksum (now Ethiopia). "Thanks to Wein's...and Lleu, Lleu's twin Goewin flees to Aksum with that country's British ambassador...Telemakos is called upon by the emporer of Aksum to discover the leader of a group of salt...
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Falasha
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...village, and into the Shire area of Tigray Region (west of Aksum town). On the plateau, average daytime temperatures are between...Solomon and the queen of Sheba [i.e., Ethiopia], back to Aksum from Jerusalem). The historical basis of the legend —...
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Ethiopia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...Industry is limited. History By the 2nd century AD the kingdom of AKSUM had a brisk trade with Egypt, Syria, Arabia, and India in...gold currency. In the 4th century the court became Christian. Aksum collapsed c. 1000, and, after a time of confusion, the Zagwe...
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Ethiopian architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...region and in Yeha, and the large Ta'aka Maryam palace, Aksum ( c. C1 bc–ad C5—with a central pavilion...buildings on all four sides), have been excavated. The city of Aksum also possessed large necropoleis, with many granite stelai...
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