6th century (attributed to the reigns of Kaleb and Gebre Meskel) · Aksum · Tigray · Ethiopia
Ancient · architecture
What the record shows
The twin subterranean tombs attributed to the emperors Kaleb and Gebre Meskel on the hill north-east of Aksum, their chambers built of precisely fitted granite megaliths.
Source record notes
Original catalogue wording is retained below, including records brought together as one work.
Tombs of Kaleb and Gebre Meskel, Aksum
The twin subterranean tombs attributed to the emperors Kaleb and Gebre Meskel on the hill north-east of Aksum, their chambers built of precisely fitted granite megaliths.
Tombs of Kaleb and Gebre Meskel / Enda Kaleb
Aksum, Enda Kaleb, stair at the entrance to the tomb traditionally associated with Gabra Masqal, a sixth-century king, 1995.
Place
Aksum · Tigray · Ethiopia
Date
6th century (attributed to the reigns of Kaleb and Gebre Meskel)
Structure or site
Architecture & ruins
Cited from
David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), p. 41, fig. 48. Evidence checked at source PDF p. 56; source PDF SHA-256 0ab32afc22f5ec6148e56f3187239e716a655623254dd934bdc873366fa4b174.
