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Destinations: City of Obelisks

Axum, Ethiopia

The northern Ethiopian town of Axum has to be the world’s only tourist destination where the most famous attraction is something nobody is allowed to see.

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Footnotes

1.

For more on the Sabaean Kingdom, see T.J. Wilkinson, “Excavating the Land of Sheba,” AO 04:06.

2.

See the following articles in Archaeology Odyssey: “Ethiopia Demands Its Ancient Stela … Italy Demurs,” in Field Notes, AO 05:04; and “A Message from the Gods? Axum Stela Struck by Lightning,” in Field Notes, AO 05:05.