🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Lalibela Biete Giyorgis Drainage Trench
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Lalibela Biete Giyorgis Drainage Trench in Amhara, Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Underground city
Central Lalibela Reservoir Central — Lalibela (59-38)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Central Lalibela Reservoir Central — Lalibela (59-38) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Chalcolithic (regional) underground city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Underground city
Royal Lalibela Reservoir Inner — Lalibela (59-08)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Royal Lalibela Reservoir Inner — Lalibela (59-08) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Early Historic (regional) underground city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Lake Tana Monasteries — Island Churches
Medieval Solomonic to Gondarine (1313–1748 CE) · Ethiopian Orthodox / Solomonic / Amhara-Tigray
Lake Tana (3,000 km², source of Blue Nile) hosts 37 medieval island and peninsula monasteries (14th–17th c) with circular thatched churches, vivid murals and parchment libraries.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Underground city
Great Lalibela Enclosure North — Lalibela (59-10)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Great Lalibela Enclosure North — Lalibela (59-10) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age (regional) underground city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Upper Lalibela Necropolis Outer — Lalibela (59-42)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Lalibela Necropolis Outer — Lalibela (59-42) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Lower Lalibela Fortress Central — Lalibela (59-24)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Lower Lalibela Fortress Central — Lalibela (59-24) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age (regional) ancient city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Underground city
Sacred Lalibela Village South — Lalibela (59-49)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Sacred Lalibela Village South — Lalibela (59-49) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) underground city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Southern Lalibela Hilltop II — Lalibela (59-50)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Southern Lalibela Hilltop II — Lalibela (59-50) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Central Lalibela Citadel II — Lalibela (59-30)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Central Lalibela Citadel II — Lalibela (59-30) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 200 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Lower Axum Settlement B — Axum (57-29)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Lower Axum Settlement B — Axum (57-29) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Inner Lalibela Ridge Outer — Lalibela (59-31)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Inner Lalibela Ridge Outer — Lalibela (59-31) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (regional) ancient city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Western Axum Ridge South — Axum (57-06)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Western Axum Ridge South — Axum (57-06) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Early Historic (regional) rock art of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Eastern Axum Mound Inner — Axum (57-04)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Eastern Axum Mound Inner — Axum (57-04) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Northern Axum Hilltop I — Axum (57-26)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Northern Axum Hilltop I — Axum (57-26) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (regional) rock art of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock-cut
Lalibela — Bete Giyorgis Ancillary Drainage Channel
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Lalibela — Bete Giyorgis Ancillary Drainage Channel in Amhara, Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock-cut…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Tiya Megalithic Stelae Field
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 · Tumulus
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Africa 63 — Ethiopia Region 3
Period Medieval · Regional culture Africa-Tumulus
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Africa 63 — Ethiopia Region 3 in Ethiopia Region 3, Ethiopia is a Iron Age tumulus with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Tumulus
Temple Terrace Africa 9 — Ethiopia Region 9
Period Medieval · Regional culture Africa-Tumulus
Temple Terrace Africa 9 — Ethiopia Region 9 in Ethiopia Region 9, Ethiopia is a Iron Age tumulus with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Axum Obelisks & Archaeological Site
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.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Gobedra Rock Shelter – Aksum's Hinterland
Later Stone Age / Aksumite · Pre-Aksumite / Aksumite
45 m long granite shelter with paintings of plough oxen, humpless cattle and inscriptions, plus 13 ka LSA through Aksumite stratigraphy.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock-cut
Seglamen — Rock Church and Stelae
Aksumite (400 BCE–800 CE) · Aksumite
Seglamen — Rock Church and Stelae in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Aksumite (400 BCE–800 CE) rock_cut attributed to Aksumite.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock-cut
Lalibela Biete Qeddus Mercoreos Cliff Cell Annex — Southern Extension
Medieval (1100-1300 CE) · Zagwe
Lalibela Biete Qeddus Mercoreos Cliff Cell Annex — Southern Extension in Amhara, Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Medieval (1100-1300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Zagwe.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Yeha Temple (Great Temple)
Pre-Aksumite Ethio-Sabaean (D'MT) Early South Arabian to Aksumite (800 BCE–500 CE) · Ethio-Sabaean (D'MT; South Arabian migrants + Tigrayan)
Africa's oldest standing building – 14 m high 700 BCE Sabaean Almaqah temple intact with dry-jointed ashlar sandstone.