Ancient stone church at Asmara with wooden cross-beams as seen in Aksumite buildings
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A sketch of an ancient stone church in Asmara featuring traditional Aksumite-style wooden cross-beam construction.
J. Theodore Bent, *The Sacred City of the Ethiopians: Being a Record of Travel and Research in Abyssinia in 1893*, 1896, p. 38. Image: Ethiopia Engraved / Link Ethiopia.
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Ethiopia Engraved / Link Ethiopia (CC BY-NC-ND). Displayed with permission reported by the Habesha History owner on 18 September 2026. This records permission for this site's display, not an open licence or permission for downstream reuse.
