The establishment of Arab control over the Red Sea - destroying Adulis between 702 and 715 AD - effectively isolated the kingdom from its religious companions to the north. Subsequently, Aksum could ...

While pyramids are synonymous with Ancient Egypt, the world's largest collection of pyramids belongs to another, less visited ...

The city of Aksum evolved from a ceremonial centre in the first century AD, with over 10,000 inhabitants, into the commercial and administrative centre of the Aksumite Kingdom. The kingdom was at its ...

Many people see the controversy as unfortunate because the Kingdom of Aksum, one of the world's greatest ancient civilisations, was once famed for its religious tolerance. According to followers ...

Yet while the triangular monuments are most synonymous with Egypt, the world’s largest collection of pyramids actually ...

The Ethiopian branch of Christianity first emerged in the kingdom of Aksum in the northern corner of the Ethiopian highlands. The person who introduced Christianity to Aksum is said to be ...

During the time of the town, the Kingdom of Aksum rose to prominence and converted to Christianity. 'Beta Samati spans Aksum's official conversion from polytheism to Christianity and the rise of ...

Ethiopia, meanwhile, is Africa's oldest independent country, and the second largest in terms of population. Other than a five ...

1. The Kingdom of Aksum was centred in the region. Described as one of the greatest civilisations of the ancient world, it was once the most powerful state between the Roman and Persian empires.