Over the years, Aksum became a major religious centre and an important place of Christian-Ethiopian pilgrimage. According to legend, Ethiopia is the kingdom of the Biblical Queen of Sheba, mother of ...

For Ethiopia's Orthodox Christians, the ancient city of Aksum is a sacred place, home to the Biblical Queen of Sheba and Ark of the Covenant. The ark is believed to contain the 10 commandments ...

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 ...

Aksum was a wealthy and influential monarchy ... It lasted almost 1,000 years, from approximately 100BC to AD960. It was where Christianity first came to Africa and the continent's first coins ...

It is the only large stela that was never relocated nor ever fell down, and is presumably the last obelisk erected in Aksum. Under Ezana’s reign, Christianity was introduced to the Aksumite population ...

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 ...