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Keepers of the Lost Ark?  -  Nov 26, 2007
SmithsonianBefore leaving Addis Ababa for Aksum, I went to the offices of His Holiness Abuna Paulos, patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which has some 40

Does Ethiopia have the Ark of the Covenant?  -  Nov 26, 2007
Jimma Times,Ethiopian Christians have claimed that the ark rests in a chapel in the small town of Aksum, in their country's northern highlands.

The Periplus of the Red Sea and the Trade between East and West  -  Nov 25, 2007
American Chronicle,Greek readership got a first hand scholarly information about states such as Meroe, Aksum, the Yemenite colonies at the Somali coast of Azania,

Daily-ist: Tuesday  -  Sep 25, 2007
Houstonist,Tonight, the Houston Museum of Natural Science Distinguished Lecture Series presents Excavations at Aksum, Insights to the Early Christian Kingdom in

Meet Lucy, who's visiting from Ethopia  -  Oct 14, 2007
The Birmingham News - al.com,About half of the exhibit is devoted to telling nearly 3000 years of Ethiopian history, starting with the ancient Aksum civilization in the first century AD

Ethiopia: Dreamer helps unearth 4th C. church  -  Oct 17, 2007
AfricaNews,They won the confidence of King Ezana at Aksum. It was this church that was built during this century which lasted hidden till today and came out

Photo by: Joan Pereruan  -  Sep 25, 2007
Business Daily Africa,This includes the famous Aksum Obelisk, which was returned last year from Italy after 68 years in exile. Also to get back an important part of its history

The Royal Tombs of Aksum - A Photo Essay  -  Aug 8, 2007
About - News & Issues,This week's photo essay is The Royal Tombs of Aksum, and it is a new update of one of the very first photo essays I did here on About.com.

ON EXHIBIT Houston Loves 'Lucy'  -  Aug 17, 2007
Washington Post,The first coins ever minted by an indigenous African civilization, which were formed in Aksum during the reign of King Endubis (AD 270-300).

Against the flow  Oct 29, 2006
...monasteries. There is a long history of Christianity in Ethiopia and its adoption is dated to the fourth century in the kingdom of Aksum. ... - Ottawa Sun,
With a grain of salt 31 Mar 2006
...the Yucatan peninsula is also thought to have collapsed due to a prolonged drought; and similar instances in Mesopotamia and the ancient Aksum civilisation in ...
HindustanTimes.com UK edition,

City Week Listings : Museums & Exhibits Mar 29, 2006
LEST WE FORGET: GLORIOUS LEGACIES OF OUR AFRICAN PAST, Focuses on the history of the Nile River civilizations of Egypt, Nubia and Aksum. Runs through April 28. ...
Philadelphia citypaper.net,

Bring back the spirit of Adwa with democracy and unite Ethiopians Feb 28, 2006
1895: In March, Mekele and Adigrat fell. Italy spearheaded its attack to Aksum and engaged in a powerful propaganda to liberate Tigray from Menelik’s rule. ...
Sudan Tribune,

An Ethiopian hero: Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (1936 – 2005) Mar 13, 2006
Tsegaye was present when the ambassador agreed to throw his diplomatic pressure behind the popular Ethiopian demand for the return of the Aksum obelisk looted ...
Open Democracy,
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