The latter began to emerge as a regional ceremonial and settlement centre around 100 AD, and houses the finest manufactured and decorated monoliths of Aksum. The Great Stela, the Stela of Aksum, and ...

Despite the lack of sources, it is known that Aksum remained an important religious centre. The Church of Our Lady of Mary Zion became a significant place of pilgrimage, and the Central Stele Park too ...

when the Kingdom of Aksum was the most powerful state between the Eastern Roman Empire and Persia. The massive ruins, dating from between the 1st and the 13th century A.D., include monolithic obelisks ...