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Stela of Aksum Memorial

[between 1950-1974]

Aksum (Kingdom); Africa; Aksum (Ethiopia); Ethiopia

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Stela of Aksum, a multi-storied memorial made from a single piece of granite, built between 2nd and 4th centuries A.D. For a more detailed description of the Stelae of Aksum, see Churches in Rock: Early Christian Art in Ethiopia by George Gerster (London: Phadon, 1970), pp. 25-26.

Collection
Dimitrios Kyriazis photographs
Catalog date
[between 1950-1974]
Recorded places
Aksum (Kingdom); Africa; Aksum (Ethiopia); Ethiopia
Cataloged creator or photographer
Kyriazis, Dimitrios, 1933-2001
Recorded subjects
Cultural landscapes
Format and extent
1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 6 x 6 cm.)
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This is a catalog record for historical archival material, not a biography. Catalog wording reflects the source record. Metadata reuse does not grant permission to reproduce restricted photographs or documents.

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗

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Catalog reference: EEPA.1999-005, Item EEPA 1999-051934-2

Collection: Dimitrios Kyriazis photographs

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