Tombs of Kaleb and Gebre Meskel, Aksum

Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia

Aksum, Enda Kaleb, superstructure, 1992. This view shows the southwest corner of the basilica over the Tomb of Kaleb, and the northern part of the stair leading to the court which links the two basilicas. The lintel over the entrance to the tomb is just visible behind the wall.David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), p. 42, fig. 51.

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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. 42, fig. 51.
Subject date: 6th century (attributed to the reigns of Kaleb and Gebre Meskel)
Type: architectural plate

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