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Axum
Once a busy hub of a state that ranked with Rome, Persia
and China as one of the four great kingdoms of the world,
Today Axum harbors the famous site of the stalae - a fascinating
historical relic. It was the center of one of the first
civilizations to adopt Christianity as the state religion.
Axum smacks so much of ancient history that it is the
start of the historic route. Also, It is the resting place
of the most coveted relic-the ark of the covenant.
Yeha- Before Axum Yeha
was the center of the high civilization. It has precedence
over Axum, and what remains today is the towering yellow
limestone ruins of the temple of the moon. This monument
dates back to the fifth century B. C. Yeha is famed for
its inscriptions and fine objects of bronze and other artefacts
which have been excavated since 1909.
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DebreDamo
48 km on Axum-Adigrat road there is a village of Inticho. Not
far from Inticho is a turn that leads to DebreDamo, upon the flat
topped mountain. A rope climb is the only access to the top of
this mountain where a sixth century monastery still stands intact.
During early Axumite times, it was a place of detention for male
members of the Axumite ruling monarchs. During the wars of Ahmed
Gragn, emperor Libne Dingle and his wife, Queen Seblewongel, sought
refugee here, and it was there that the monarch died in 1540.
DebreDamo was established in the sixth century A.D by Abune Aregawi
, one of the nine saints who came to Ethiopia from Syria. It is
told that a snake at the top stretched down and lifted up the
holy man who afterwards made the place his abode.
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