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6 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Medieval (1200-1500 CE) · Tiya Culture
Tiya Stele Field South Cluster — Western Terrace in Southern Nations, Gurage, Ethiopia is a Medieval (1200-1500 CE) megalithic attributed to Tiya Culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Classical (100 BCE-800 CE) · Aksumite
Aksum Stele Park Gudit Terrace Annex — Eastern Outlier in Tigray, Aksum, Ethiopia is a Classical (100 BCE-800 CE) megalithic attributed to Aksumite.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Classical (100 BCE-800 CE) · Aksumite
Aksum Stele Park Gudit Terrace Annex — Western Terrace in Tigray, Aksum, Ethiopia is a Classical (100 BCE-800 CE) megalithic attributed to Aksumite.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Solomonic or late pre-Christian (~1200–1400 CE; contested to 1000 BCE) · Gurage / Sidamo (Ethio-Semitic, Southern Ethiopian megalithic)
One of 160 stelae fields in the Soddo region containing 36 standing pillars, 32 of which are sculpted with swords, paired circles and enigmatic leaf-like motifs up to 3.64 m high.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Olduvai Gorge Bed IV Site in Tigray, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Aksumite · Aksumite / Ge'ez
Capital of Aksumite Kingdom (100 BCE–940 CE) with monolithic granite stelae quarried 4 km, carved to imitate multi-storey buildings with false doors/windows, elite tombs, palaces.
