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Book Review: Ancient Ethiopia. Aksum: Its Antecedents and Successors. By David W. Phillipson. British Museum Press, London, 1995, 176 pp. ISBN 0 7141 2539 3

Book Review: Ancient Ethiopia. Aksum: Its Antecedents and Successors. By David W. Phillipson.... P1: FQJ/FJQ P2: FMN African Archaeological Review [aar] PL125-82 July 11, 2000 9:58 Style file version Nov. 19th, 1999 African Archaeological Review, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2000 Book Reviews The Monuments of Aksum. An Illustrated Account. Compiled and Edited by David W. Phillipson. Addis Ababa University Press, in collaboration with The British Institute in Eastern Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1997, 201 pp. ISBN 1 872566 11 1. Aksum was the capital city of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum (first millen- nium AD) in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea. The town is the main religious center of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and a very important symbol of Ethiopian cultural identity. Aksum is also one of the major archaeological areas in Ethiopia and is included in the UNESCO “World Heritage” list. The development of the ancient town covered a time span of about 1000 years, from the late first millennium BC to the late first millennium AD. In the mid–first millennium AD the town apparently occupied an area of about 100 ha. The archaeological area of Aksum includes (1) the settlement area of the ancient capital city, with some traces of elite residential palaces; (2) the funerary area with stelae, and pit-graves http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Archaeological Review Springer Journals

Book Review: Ancient Ethiopia. Aksum: Its Antecedents and Successors. By David W. Phillipson. British Museum Press, London, 1995, 176 pp. ISBN 0 7141 2539 3

African Archaeological Review , Volume 17 (2) – Oct 15, 2004

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 by Plenum Publishing Corporation
Subject
Social Sciences; Archaeology; Anthropology; Regional and Cultural Studies
ISSN
0263-0338
eISSN
1572-9842
DOI
10.1023/A:1006634709949
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P1: FQJ/FJQ P2: FMN African Archaeological Review [aar] PL125-82 July 11, 2000 9:58 Style file version Nov. 19th, 1999 African Archaeological Review, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2000 Book Reviews The Monuments of Aksum. An Illustrated Account. Compiled and Edited by David W. Phillipson. Addis Ababa University Press, in collaboration with The British Institute in Eastern Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1997, 201 pp. ISBN 1 872566 11 1. Aksum was the capital city of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum (first millen- nium AD) in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea. The town is the main religious center of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and a very important symbol of Ethiopian cultural identity. Aksum is also one of the major archaeological areas in Ethiopia and is included in the UNESCO “World Heritage” list. The development of the ancient town covered a time span of about 1000 years, from the late first millennium BC to the late first millennium AD. In the mid–first millennium AD the town apparently occupied an area of about 100 ha. The archaeological area of Aksum includes (1) the settlement area of the ancient capital city, with some traces of elite residential palaces; (2) the funerary area with stelae, and pit-graves

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