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  • Hawulti Obelisk

  • Hawulti Obelisk

    Hawulti Obelisk is an ancient obelisk located in Matara, Southern Region, Eritrea. The monument dates to the early Aksumite period and bears the oldest known example of the ancient Ge'ez script, which is a script used as an abugida (segmental writing system) for several languages of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
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    Hawulti Obelisk
    by Sailko, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Elevation: 2383 m

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    Hawulti Obelisk

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    Eritrea

    Southern Region

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    4th Century AD

    Kingdom of Aksum

    Kingdom of Aksum

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    Aksumite Kingdom Monuments

     

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