Meqaber Ga'ewa


This ancient site is little more than a barely accessible archaeological dig, but it's an important piece of the puzzle when it comes to the 7th-century-BC Sabean civilisation. Far more interesting than the site itself are the finds in Wukro Museum.


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2. Wukro Museum

2.59 MILES

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3. Abraha We Atsbeha

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4. Yohannes Maequdi

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5. Dugem Selassie

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Built into a small outcrop rather than a big hill, this church feels like a tomb and may have been one before being converted. The 19th-century ‘new’…

6. Abuna Abraham

11.68 MILES

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7. Mikael Barka

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Atop a small but panoramic hill and behind an ugly 1960s facade sits this better-than-average rock-hewn church. It has thick cruciform pillars, small…

8. Maryam Papaseit

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