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Obelisk, Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, East Africa

Several stelae survive in the town of Aksum dating between the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. The largest standing obelisk rises to a height of over 23 metres and is exquisitely carved to represent a nine-storey building of the Aksumites.

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Uploaded on November 29, 2018
Taken on April 3, 2005