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), ...

Zeinab Badawi's History of Africa takes her to Eritrea and Aksum in neighbouring Ethiopia - home, according to local tradition, to the legendary Queen of Sheba and the sacred Ark of the Covenant. At ...

Men walk in Lalibela Ethiopia and (below) the city of Gondar is famous for its palaces and castles like Fasil Ghebi, residence of the Ethiopian emperor Fasilidas and his successors during the 16th and ...

If we exclude the sources of the Blue Nile, ultimately a work of nature, the most important and striking monument in Ethiopia is the complex of rock-hewn churches located in the town of Lalibela, ...