The Kingdom of Aksum: Africa’s Lost Empire of Gold and Ivory
The Red Sea shimmered under a relentless sun, a glittering highway connecting distant lands. Along its shores, where present-day Eritrea and northern Ethiopia meet, a civilization rose from the arid plains, a kingdom of immense power and sophisticated culture: Aksum. From its origins around the 1st century CE, Aksum would flourish for centuries, its influence … Read more