Tombs of Kaleb and Gebre Meskel, Aksum

Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia

Aksum, Enda Kaleb, stair at the entrance to the tomb traditionally associated with Gabra Masqal, a sixth-century king, 1995.David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), p. 41, fig. 48.

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Place: Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia
Source: Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (2009)
Book: Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries
Source reference: p. 41, fig. 48.
Subject date: 6th century (attributed to the reigns of Kaleb and Gebre Meskel)
Type: architectural plate

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