Friday, May 01, 2009
The Churches and People of Aksum
Pictures on my wall clipped from the National Geographic:
| The capital of the Aksumite Empire, the 1st century kingdom of Ethiopia was the first major empire to convert to Christianity. Today, it is the purported home of the Arc of the Covenant. Pilgrims from around the world visit the city’s ancient shrines, some of which can only be reach by climbing to great heights and braving log bridges no wider than a man. The gaps spanned by these frail bridges can be as deep as 100 meters; a fall would surely be deadly. |
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