Aksum, centre of the ancient Kingdom

The Great Stele

The Great Stele, believed to have fallen and broken during construction, would have been 33 metres high; it is 3.84 metres wide and 2.35 metres deep, weighing 520 tonnes. The function of these stelae is supposed to be that of “markers” for underground burial chambers.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Mon Feb 26, 1973
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