The kingdom of Aksum, the first verifiable kingdom of great power to rise in Ethiopia, immerge during the first century AD. The Persian religious figure Mani listed Axum with Rome, Persia, and China as one of the four great powers of his time. It was in the early 4th century that a
Gondar - offers fairy-tale castles dating back to the 17th-century that seem to belong in an Arthurian romance. The oldest and most impressive of Gondar s many imperial structures is the two-storey palace of Emperor Fasiledes, which includes a tower that affords a view of Lake Tana in the distance.
Lalibela sometimes called as the eighth wonder of the world, where eleven churches were hewn out of solid bedrock almost 800 years ago. These incredible edifices remain places of living worship to this day.
The rock hewn churches of Tigrai which were long known only to the locals were first exposed to the world by an Ethiopian catholic missionary by the name of Abba Tewledmedihin Yosef at the beginning of the 1960s.
Harar is one of the most impressive Ethiopia’s historic destinations pulls remoteness and ancient history as part of the long and colorful existence of the country, Ethiopia.
Yeha is situated in the northern mountainous section of the Tigray region. Although today this small settlement survives as a shanty town, it was once a site of great pre-Axumite civilization.