AncientarchitectureMain Wall in Anfray's Trench, Adulis
View of the main wall exposed in Anfray's trench
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- Architecture & ruins
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Adulis
Northern Red Sea · Eritrea
4 plates
Ancientarchitecture
AncientarchitectureUnidentified Excavated Church, Adulis
A view of the church during the exacavtion by the British Museum
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- Architecture & ruins
AncientarchitectureTemple A, Adulis
Temple A southern walls excavated by Paribeni. Note the six courses visible. Image reproduced form Paribeni (1907)
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- Architecture & ruins
AncientarchitectureRecorded place
Aksum
Tigray · Ethiopia
9 plates
AncientarchitectureCorner Stone of Enda Semeon, Aksum
Parts of Aksumite monumental buildings in the city-centre of Aksum; corner-stone of Enda Semeon
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- Architecture & ruins
AncientarchitectureThreshold of Takha Maryam, Aksum
Parts of Aksumite monumental buildings in the city-centre of Aksum; threshold of Takha Maryam.
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- Architecture & ruins
AncientarchitectureThe Underground Mausoleum, Aksum
Inner faces of the Mausoleum entrances: a, b - the inner face of the eastern portal, showing the upright syenite slabs which formerly supported a brick arch; c - the western arch as exposed, before excavation of the deposits with which it was blocked.
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- Architecture & ruins
Ancientarchitecture
AncientarchitectureLate Aksumite Architecture in Trench DJ9, Aksum
Excavation of Late Aksumite structures in progress in trench DJ9
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- Architecture & ruins
AncientarchitectureTomb of Bazen, Aksum
The'Tomb of Bazen': a - the foot of the adit, showing roughly carved loculi in the adit wall and the entrance to the transverse chamber; b - the entrance to the transverse chamber; c - a view up the adit from the transverse chamber; d - inside the transverse chamber, showing loculi
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- Architecture & ruins
AncientarchitectureGrand Stairway of Monument A, Aksum
Axoum. Grand escalier du monument A. Fig. 21. Axoum. Façade ouest du bâtiment central, monument A.
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- Architecture & ruins
AncientarchitectureSteps and Platform Extension of ST XXIIH, Aksum
ST XXIIH: the steps and first platform extension. In the foreground, wall B to the east, more platform packing to the south, and a possible platform extension wall in the east section almost removed by pit 4d. Fig. 6.36.
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- Architecture & ruins
AncientarchitectureES 1 Pillar Base and Foundations, Aksum
(top). ES 1: pillar base (re-used?) resting on rubble foundations at level 7. Plate 8.2 (centre). ES I from the north, showing paved court at level of demolished wall F. In the background a step is flanked by walls A and B, both with timber beams.
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- Architecture & ruins
Recorded place
Bilet
Tigray · Ethiopia
4 plates
MedievalarchitectureQuadrangular House, Bilet
View of the interior of the house looking from the West
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- Architecture & ruins
MedievalarchitectureCircular House on the Quadrangular Building, Bilet
The circular house installed on the eastern wall of the quadrangular building
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- Architecture & ruins
Medievalarchitecture
MedievalarchitectureArra Muslim Cemetery
Arra Muslim cemetery along the wadi Fig.108b: Muslim tombs’ current surface markers
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- Architecture & ruins
Recorded place
Lalibela
Amhara · Ethiopia
12 plates
MedievalarchitectureBiete Ghiorgis (Church of Saint George), Lalibela
The cross-shaped monolithic church of Saint George, hewn downward into the volcanic scoria at Lalibela; the last and most refined of the town's eleven rock-hewn churches.
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- 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
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- Architecture & ruins
MedievalarchitectureBiete Medhani Alem, Lalibela
Biete Medhani Alem (House of the Saviour of the World), the largest monolithic rock-hewn church in the world, its exterior ringed by a colonnade of square-cut piers.
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- 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
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- Architecture & ruins
MedievalarchitectureBiete Mariam, Lalibela
Biete Mariam (House of Mary), among the earliest of the Lalibela churches, standing in a deep rock-cut courtyard of the northern group.
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- 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
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- Architecture & ruins
MedievalarchitectureBiete Amanuel, Lalibela
Biete Amanuel, a monolithic church of the eastern group whose carved facade imitates Aksumite layered wood-and-stone masonry.
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- 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
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- Architecture & ruins
MedievalarchitectureBiete Abba Libanos, Lalibela
Biete Abba Libanos, a hypogeous church of the eastern group, cut free on four sides but left joined to the mother rock at its roof.
- Date
- 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
- Type
- Architecture & ruins
MedievalarchitectureBiete Gabriel-Rufael, Lalibela
Biete Gabriel-Rufael, entered across a bridged trench; its monumental slanting facade is thought to preserve a fortified or palatial building older than the churches around it.
- Date
- 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
- Type
- Architecture & ruins
MedievalarchitectureBiete Golgotha–Biete Mikael Complex, Lalibela
The twin churches of Biete Golgotha and Biete Mikael (Debre Sina), joined northern-group sanctuaries; Golgotha shelters the reliefs of saints and the tomb traditionally held to be King Lalibela's.
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- 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
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- Architecture & ruins
MedievalarchitectureBiete Maskal, Lalibela
Biete Maskal (House of the Cross), a broad low chapel carved into the northern wall of Biete Mariam's courtyard.
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- 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
- Type
- Architecture & ruins
MedievalarchitectureBiete Denagel, Lalibela
Biete Denagel (House of the Virgins), a small chapel of the northern group commemorating the virgin martyrs of Edessa.
- Date
- 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
- Type
- Architecture & ruins
MedievalarchitectureBiete Qeddus Mercoreus, Lalibela
Biete Qeddus Mercoreus (House of Saint Mercurius) of the eastern group, reached through tunnels; its irregular halls are thought to have first served a civil, possibly judicial, use.
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- 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
- Type
- Architecture & ruins
MedievalarchitectureBiete Lehem, Lalibela
Biete Lehem (Bethlehem), the small rock-cut chamber linked to Biete Mercoreus, traditionally the bakery where the eucharistic bread was prepared.
- Date
- 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
- Type
- Architecture & ruins
MedievalarchitectureYemrehana Krestos Church
The built (not hewn) church of Yemrehana Krestos, raised in alternating courses of wood and plastered stone in the Aksumite manner inside a cave north-east of Lalibela.
- Date
- c. 12th century (reign of King Yemrehanna Krestos)
- Type
- Architecture & ruins
Recorded place
Tokonda
Debub · Eritrea
3 plates
AncientarchitectureWall Pier of Tokonda Ruin II
Abb. 6. Tokonda, Ruine II, Wandpfeilerrest (Foto: MBA 2257.6). Abb. 2. Tokonda, Ruine II, Nordseite (Foto: MBA 2257.2). Abb. 3. Tokonda, Ruine II, Pfeiler- und Basenreste I (Foto: MBA 2257.3). Abb. 4.
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- Architecture & ruins
Ancientarchitecture
AncientarchitectureRuins of Tokonda (Site Overview)
Abb. 6. Die Ruinen von Tokonda, Blick Richtung Nordwesten (Foto: L. Lätt 2006). Abb. 7. Die Ruinen von Tokonda, Blick Richtung Osten (Foto: DAE 393 = MBA 2256.01). Abb. 8. Die Ruinen von Tokonda, Blick Richtung Osten (Foto: L. Lätt 2006).
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- Architecture & ruins
Other recorded places
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architectureMika’el Amba
Mika’el Amba, the west façade, showing late twentieth-century alterations to the doorway, 2006.
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Atsbi area
AncientarchitectureDebre Damo Monastery
The monastery of Debre Damo on its sheer-sided amba, reached only by rope; its main church is held to be the oldest standing built church in Ethiopia, in classic Aksumite wood-and-stone construction.
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- 6th century (traditional foundation, reign of Gebre Meskel)
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Debre Damo
MedievalarchitectureFasilides Castle, Fasil Ghebbi
The castle of Emperor Fasilides at the heart of the Fasil Ghebbi in Gondar, a two-storey basalt keep with domed corner towers and battlemented parapets.
- Date
- c. 1636–1640 (reign of Emperor Fasilides)
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Gondar
MedievalarchitectureUnidentified Castle Detail, Gondar
Detail of a crumbling castle, Gonder
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Gondar
MedievalarchitectureIyasus Church at Gorgora Nova
Church roof vault at Gorgora Nova, since collapsed (photograph by A. González-Ruibal)
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Gorgora
MedievalarchitectureCovered Passage of the Mähal Wänz Tumulus
Mähal Wänz: possible couloir couvert de grosses pierres du tumulus
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Mähal Wänz
AncientarchitectureUnidentified Villa, Matara
Abb. 7. Eine der „Villen“ von Matara mit angelehnter Treppe, die zum Mittelbau empor führt (Foto: St. Wenig 1995).
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Mätära
AncientarchitectureStairway of Central Building B, Matara
Abb. 1. Matara: Messbild der Freitreppe von Zentralbau „B“.
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Mätära
MedievalarchitectureTumulus 2 at Meshalä Maryam
Tumulus 2 de Meshalä Maryam. Vue du tumulus immédiatement avant la fouille, en direction du SO. L'église de Meshalä Maryam se situe en arrière-plan, à gauche, dans son bois de genévriers géants. La vallée de la Šay est en contrebas du cliché, du côté droit
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Meshalä Maryam
AncientarchitectureRuins 6 and 7, Qohaito
Abb. 321. Kohaito. Rechts Ruine 6, links im Hintergrunde Ruine 7. Blick von Nordosten. Abb. 322. Kohaito. Ruine 6. Blick von Nordosten. Abb. 325. Kohaito. Ruine 7. Blick von Südwesten. Im Hintergrunde links Ruine 6.
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Qohaito
MedievalarchitectureOld Tumulus at Qopros
Qopros. Vestiges arasés d'un tumulus ancien, dépassant au sud du mur d'enceinte récent
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Qopros
MedievalarchitectureTätär Gur Tumulus
Vue du tumulus de Tätär Gur depuis la vallée de la Šay
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Tätär Gur
MedievalarchitectureChurch of Ura Masqal
L'église d'Urā Masqal, réemployant des vestiges de l'ancienne église: pilier monolithique, fenêtres en pierres ajourées, caissons de bois sculpté à motif géométrique
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Ura Masqal
AncientarchitectureGreat Temple of Yeha
The Great Temple of Yeha, a windowless tower of finely dressed ashlar standing to some 14 m — the oldest standing structure in Ethiopia, built for the Sabaean-influenced polity of Diʿamat.
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- c. 8th–7th century BC
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Yeha
MedievalarchitectureEast Elevation of the Half-Timbered Church of Agobo Qirqos
The east elevation of a half-timbered church near Aṣbi records the continuity of Aksumite building practice.
- Date
- twelfth century (?)
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- Architecture & ruins
- Place
- Agobo Qirqos near Aṣbi, Tigray (Ethiopia)
ModernarchitectureRas Alula’s palace on a hill overlooking Asmara
A sketch of the hilltop palace of Ras Alula with thatched-roof buildings overlooking the town of Asmara.
- Date
- 19th-century illustration
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- Architecture & ruins
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