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  • Ancient settlement discovered in the Ethiopian Highlands

    06/18/2011 1:46:18 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 25 replies
    Past Horizons ^ | Monday, June 6th, 2011 | unattributed
    An ancient settlement has been discovered in the Ethiopian highlands using non invasive geophysical surveys... a suspected settlement in the north-western Ethiopian highland region of Tigray, home to the town of Yeha which was believed to be a major centre of the Diamat Kingdom established around 700 BCE... In 2008, Ethiopian archaeologists made the astonishing discovery of a perfectly preserved sacrificial altar in neighbouring Meqaber Ga'ewa, a previously unknown location near the city of Wuqro. The altar bore a remarkable royal inscription in Old South Arabian bearing the name Yeha. In 2008, Ethiopian archaeologists made the astonishing discovery of a...