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Aksum
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Ak·sum or Ax·um  (äksm)
A town of northern Ethiopia. From the first to the eighth century a.d. it was the capital of an empire that controlled much of northern Ethiopia. According to tradition, the Ark of the Covenant was brought here from Jerusalem and placed in the Church of Saint Mary of Zion, where the rulers of Ethiopia were crowned.
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It is not known how the Aksumites erected the stones, and it still defeats contemporary technology, unable to match the combined force of elephants, slaves and ancient wisdom.
Ethiopian devotions by The Architectural Review
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