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Stelae of Aksum
The stelae of Aksum are tall carved stone monuments erected at Aksum in Ethiopia in the early centuries CE. They marked royal tombs and are decorated to represent multi-storey buildings. Accounts of the Aksumite Empire treat them as symbols of royal power.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Stelae of Aksum. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/stelae-of-aksum
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