Aksum

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Ethiopia: Chapel of the Tablet

Aksum: obelisks

Aksum, Ethiopia

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Aksum: References & Edit History

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capital of Aksumite empire
- In Ethiopia
cultural importance to Ethiopia
- In Ethiopia: Cultural institutions
discovery of Geʿez inscriptions
- In Geʿez language

historical influence on

Horn of Africa
- In eastern Africa: Aksum
Tigray
- In Tigray

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Map added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 12, 2023
	Add new Web site: African World Heritage Sites - Aksum, Ethiopia.	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 28, 2019
	Added photograph.	Amy Tikkanen	May 31, 2013
	Added information on the re-erection of the stolen obelisk.	Kathleen Kuiper	Oct 27, 2008
	Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 10, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998