Affiliation:
1. University of Warsaw Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology
2. Archeolodzy.org Foundation
Abstract
A new Polish project, the first to be carried out in Ethiopia by the PCMA University of Warsaw, focused on the excavation of the ruins of a church tentatively dated to the Late Aksumite period (6th–8th centuries AD). The site, which is located in the northern region of Tigray in Ethiopia, was chosen for multiple reasons, not the least because of its location on ancient trade routes and because the surviving ruins offered the advantage of immediate visual impact. The work was unexpectedly interrupted by the global Covid-19 pandemic and recent political turbulences in the Tigray region. The paper discusses the early findings, providing, among others, a full description of the PolART excavations in the southeastern part of the church and the discovery of a rock shelter with ancient inscriptions and painted pictograms.
Funder
Centrum Archeologii Śródziemnomorskiej, Uniwersytet Warszawski
Subject
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance,Sociology and Political Science,Infectious Diseases,Communication,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Forestry,Education,Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous),Accounting,Business and International Management,General Engineering,Law,Computer Science (miscellaneous),Law,Pathology and Forensic Medicine
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