Tomb of the False Door, Aksum

Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia

Fig. 379 The Tomb of the False Door: a - the east end of the antechamber at the foot of the stepped adit; b - the remains of the sarcophagus in the central burial chamber, seen from the antechamber looking northDavid W. Phillipson, *Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume II*, (2000), p. 428

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Place: Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia
Source: Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume II
Book: Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7, Volume II
Source reference: p. 428
Subject date: Aksumite period
Type: architectural plate

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Place metadata retained from the reviewed Architecture catalogue; source wording: Aksum, Ethiopia. No camera position supplied.

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