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ይሐ/Yeha(800BC-100BC)

HYohannes · 2024

Yeha, likely the capital of the ancient kingdom of DʿMT, boasted a multi-storeyed palace, a grand temple, and elite burial tombs, making it one of the earliest known cities in the region.

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Ancient Blocks With Sabaean Inscriptions, Yeha, Ethiopia

The Iqa-bet, a two-story stone storage building next to the Church of Abba Afse in Yeha, Tigray Region, northern Ethiopia, houses ancient artifacts as well as Ethiopian Orthodox Christian religious objects.

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Church of Abba Afse, Yeha

6th century (traditional foundation by Abba Afse); present church later · Wikimedia Commons

The church of Abba Afse at Yeha, beside the Great Temple, whose walls reuse dressed blocks and carved ibex friezes from the pre-Aksumite buildings of the site; founded by tradition by one of the Nine Saints.

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Ethiopian Christian Orthodox Paintings, Yeha, Ethiopia

In his Footprint East Africa Handbook, 7th Edition , Michael Hodd identifies the building housing these paintings as an " Iqa-bet , a two-story stone storage building, which contains religious artifacts." The building is next to the Church of Abba Afse, Yeha, …

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Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Paintings, Yeha, Ethiopia

In his Footprint East Africa Handbook, 7th Edition , Michael Hodd identifies the building housing these paintings as an " Iqa-bet , a two-story stone storage building, which contains religious artifacts." The building is next to the Church of Abba Afse, Yeha, …

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Ethiopian Orthodox Religious Painting, Yeha, Ethiopia

In his Footprint East Africa Handbook, 7th Edition , Michael Hodd identifies the building housing these paintings as an " Iqa-bet , a two-story stone storage building, which contains religious artifacts." The building is next to the Church of Abba Afse, Yeha, …

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Great Temple of Yeha

c. 8th–7th century BC · Wikimedia Commons

The Great Temple of Yeha, a windowless tower of finely dressed ashlar standing to some 14 m — the oldest standing structure in Ethiopia, built for the Sabaean-influenced polity of Diʿamat.

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Palace of Grat Beʿal Gebri, Yeha

c. 8th–7th century BC · Wikimedia Commons

The ruins of Grat Beʿal Gebri at Yeha, a monumental pre-Aksumite building on a high stepped podium with a propylon of square monolithic pillars, contemporary with the Great Temple.

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The Virgin Mary With Jesus, Yeha, Ethiopia

In his Footprint East Africa Handbook, 7th Edition , Michael Hodd identifies the building housing these paintings as an " Iqa-bet , a two-story stone storage building, which contains religious artifacts." The building is next to the Church of Abba Afse, Yeha, …

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View of Yeha showing an ancient pre-Christian temple

J. Theodore Bent, *The Sacred City of the Ethiopians: Being a Record of Travel and Research in Abyssinia in 1893*, 1896, p. 136. Image: Ethiopia Engraved / Link Ethiopia.

A sketch depicting the ruins of the ancient temple at Yeha surrounded by a landscape with small dwellings.

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Saint Yared, The Composer, Philosopher & Saint

HYohannes · 2024

… or quelling rebellions. Instead, his legacy is marked by the significant advancements in the liturgy, culture, and architecture of the empire during his reign. Numerous churches were commissioned and constructed under his patronage, including those for the Nine Saints, such as Abba …

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The Aksumite Empire's Middle Age (360AD-500AD)

HYohannes · 2025

… after Emperor Ouzabes 20 . Theory: Emperor Eon’s use of the term Abyssinian/Habesha likely reflected the consolidation of the Semitic tribes inhabiting the highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia at the time. Since the late 2nd century AD, under Emperor GDRT, these tribes …