Aksum – Former “Hood” of The Queen of Sheba

22 January 2018 I leave green, fertile fields for dry, barren, rocky Tigray. If there is one thing this region has, it’s rocks: a plethora of rocks on top of rocks used for building and terracing. Oh, and an occasional camel. Ethiopia’s Kebre Nagast (Book of Kings) recounts how Aksum was the city in which […]

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