🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Lalibela Biete Giyorgis Drainage Trench
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Lalibela Biete Giyorgis Drainage Trench in Amhara, Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
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🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Lalibela Biete Giyorgis Drainage Trench in Amhara, Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Gondarine (1632–1864 CE) · Ethiopian Solomonic / Gondarine
Fasil Ghebbi is the 70,000 m² Royal Enclosure of Gondar, Ethiopia's 17th–18th c imperial capital (1632–1864).
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Medieval Islamic (10th–19th c) · Harari / Adal Sultanate / Oromo
Harar Jugol is the 48 ha fortified historic town of Harar, Ethiopia, enclosed by 16th-century 3.3 km limestone walls (Jugol) with 5 gates, considered the fourth holiest city of Islam with 110 mosques…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Early Islamic to Medieval (600–1500 CE) · Harla / Islamic-Ethiopian (Cushitic-Arabian)
Harlaa (Ganda Biyo) is a medieval Islamic city-state (6th–15th c CE) on the southern Afar escarpment 15 km SE of Dire Dawa, excavated 2017– by Exeter & Ethiopian Authority.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Eastern Lalibela Hilltop West — Lalibela (59-11) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Early Historic (regional) ancient city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Lalibela Necropolis Outer — Lalibela (59-42) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Lower Lalibela Fortress Central — Lalibela (59-24) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age (regional) ancient city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Old Lalibela Village Inner — Lalibela (59-25) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age (regional) ancient city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Southern Lalibela Hilltop II — Lalibela (59-50) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Central Lalibela Citadel II — Lalibela (59-30) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 200 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Inner Lalibela Ridge Outer — Lalibela (59-31) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (regional) ancient city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Eastern Axum Citadel Central — Axum (57-24) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Classical (regional) · Classical
Eastern Axum Mound Inner — Axum (57-04) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Harlaa — Workshop Quarter North Furnace (Harar) in Harari, Harlaa, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronz…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Meroe Northern Cemetery Pyramid in Tigray, Ethiopia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Aksum Stela Park East in Tigray, Ethiopia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Aksumite · Aksumite / Ge'ez
Capital of Aksumite Kingdom (100 BCE–940 CE) with monolithic granite stelae quarried 4 km, carved to imitate multi-storey buildings with false doors/windows, elite tombs, palaces.
