Picture of Finely decorated base of the Stele of Ezana | Travel Photography | Axum | Ethiopia | Africa

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Ethiopia This picture shows Finely decorated base of the Stele of Ezana. It was taken on a travel to Axum, Ethiopia, Africa. It is one of the 8138 of travel photographs you can find on Traveladventures.org. You can click on the picture to see more pictures of Axum. You can also send it as a free electronic postcard or download it for free, by following the links under the picture. Alternatively, you can follow the tags under the picture to find other travel pictures of a particular theme, or switch to another language. Enjoy your travel with pictures from all over the world! Show on map Locate Axum on map Other languages: \| \| \| \| Categories Architecture Art Bridges City & Cityscape Coastline Culture & Religion Doors & Windows Events History Landscape Nature People Transportation Various	Picture of Finely decorated base of the Stele of Ezana (Axum, Ethiopia) Base of the Stele of Ezana: finely decorated Send image of Finely decorated base of the Stele of Ezana as a free postcard Download picture of Finely decorated base of the Stele of Ezana Purchase Finely decorated base of the Stele of Ezana (Ethiopia) Once the most powerful city in the region, Axum nowadays is famous mainly for its stelae and is considered the most religious of Ethiopian cities. The largest currently standing stele of Axum is of King Ezana. It towers 23 metres above the field, and is finely carved with a door and windows, probably representing the door and windows of his tomb. One obelisk had been taken by the Italian occupiers in the 1930s, but is back in Axum awaiting resurrection. The tallest stele lies broken on the ground - it symbolizes overreach of the empire. In the drive to build always larger stele, the able Axumites apparently went too far, and the sorry sight of the Remhai stele testifies to their overconfidence. In any case, while the stelae were probably transported from the quarry to Axum by elephant, it is still not clear how the stelae were erected. The mysteries still surrounding the stelae of Axum reminded me of the mysteries of the famous statues of Easter Island. Question is: will these mysteries be solved? Should they be? Or are they an important part of the very attraction of these unique proofs of human creativity? Read more about: Axum Tags for this picture: \| \| \| \| Africa Central&South America Axum Nazca detail door Ethiopia Romania grey orange obelisk dress
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