Verified14.1400° N · 39.4800° E · 2200 m
Seglamen — Rock Church and Stelae
Aksumite (400 BCE–800 CE)·Aksumite·🇪🇹 Tigray Region, Ethiopia
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About Seglamen — Rock Church and Stelae
Seglamen — Rock Church and Stelae in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Aksumite (400 BCE–800 CE) rock_cut attributed to Aksumite. Rock-cut tombs with Aksumite false doors and shaft graves at Seglamen quarry. Harold: Seglamen shaft tombs with stelae toppled.
Why it mattersImportant Aksumite site of coastal/hinterland Tigray Region
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network evidence
- 02Construction chronology
Theories
- 01Long-distance exchange
- 02Kayas sacred landscape
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 400 CE
- Period
- Aksumite (400 BCE–800 CE)
- Culture
- Aksumite
- Purpose
- Rock-cut tombs with Aksumite false doors and shaft graves at Seglamen quarry
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 400 CE
Initial construction
c. 1920 CE
Antiquarian survey
On the ground
Structures & features
14.1400° N · 39.4800° E · 2200 m · 3 mapped features
Seglamen — Rock Church and Stelae — Rock Shelter Panel
panelPainted shelter wall
14.1402° N · 39.4801° ESeglamen — Rock Church and Stelae — Smelting Furnace
furnaceIron furnace remains
14.1398° N · 39.4802° ESeglamen — Rock Church and Stelae — Mound Edge
edgeMound erosion edge
14.1405° N · 39.4798° E