The Ezana Stone is an ancient stele still standing in modern-day Axum in Ethiopia, the centre of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum. This stone monument, that probably dates from the 4th century of the Christian era, documents the conversion of King Ezana to Christianity and his conquest of various neighbouring areas, including Meroë.
From AD 330 to 356, King Ezana ruled the ancient Kingdom of Aksum centred in the Horn of Africa. He fought against the Nubians, and commemorated his victories on stone tablets in praise of God. These liturgical epigraphs were written in various ancient languages, including the Ethiopian Semitic Ge'ez, the South Arabian Sabaean, and Greek. The king's engravings in stone provided a trilingual monument in different languages, similar to the Rosetta Stone.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church had its beginnings during this period. Rufinus's Ecclesiastical History narrates that Saint Frumentius, a freed slave and tutor for the very young King, converted him to Christianity. Towards the end of his reign, King Ezana launched a campaign against the Kushites around 350 which brought down the Kingdom of Kush. Various stone inscriptions written in Ge'ez (using the Ge'ez script) have been found at Meroë, the central city of the Kushites.
The EzanaStone is an ancient stele still standing in modern-day Axum in Ethiopia, the centre of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum. This stone monument, that...
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wzqrns (kings of Habashat DTWNS and ZQRNS) Aksum and ḤBŠT. The EzanaStone also names King Ezana as "king of the Ethiopians", which appears in other Sabaean...
ethnographic museums, the EzanaStone written in Sabaean, Geʽez and Ancient Greek in a similar manner to the Rosetta Stone, King Bazen's Tomb (a megalith...
Christianity in Ethiopia dates back to the ancient Kingdom of Aksum, when the King Ezana first adopted the faith in the 4th century AD. This makes Ethiopia one of...
later mentioned in an inscription of the fourth century Ezana of Axum, known as the EzanaStone. Here, they are referred to as "Atagaw," a name closely...
protector of Christendom. Three inscriptions on the EzanaStone documents the conversion of King Ezana to Christianity and two of his military expeditions...
3000 BC – AD 750. The three-age system periodizes ancient history into the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age, with recorded history generally considered...
Turkey), in standard Lycian or Lycian A, Ancient Greek and Aramaic the EzanaStone (356 CE; Aksum, Ethiopia) in Ge'ez, Sabaean and Ancient Greek the Monumentum...
named Alwa is mentioned in a 4th-century Aksumite inscription on the EzanaStone, with the location of the town near the confluence of the Nile and the...
either Greek or the native Ge'ez script, the 4th century AD EzanaStone commemorating Ezana of Axum's conquest of the Kingdom of Kush in Nubia also emphasized...
the dual Greek and Sabaean-style Ge'ez inscriptions on the EzanaStone, commemorating Ezana's conquests of the Kingdom of Kush (located in Nubia, i.e. modern...
protection of the Abyssinian Empire. This was made clear in the so-called EzanaStone,[dubious – discuss] wherein an unnamed Aksumite Emperor is said to have...
stele erected in Axum was probably the so-called King Ezana's Stele, in the 4th century CE. King Ezana (c. 321 – c. 360), influenced by his childhood tutor...
of stone on the site. A monolith is a large stone which has been used to build a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. In...
The original church is believed to have been built during the reign of Ezana the first Christian ruler of the Kingdom of Axum (Present-day Eritrea and...
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with a bull's head, stone pendant, bucranium, stamp seal, incense burners, cow figurines, and coins depicting Kings Armah and Ezana. The basilica may the...
Ousanas. The trilingual stele of his successor Ezana describes another expedition which happened after 340. Ezana's army followed the course of the Atbara until...
damaged significantly by the Tigray War, with Almeda Textile, Ezana Mining, Saba Stones and Sheba Leather being left completely destroyed. Vaughan, Sarah;...
its surrounding areas. In the early fourth century, during the reign of Ezana, Christianity was declared the state religion and not long after, The Aksumite...
flanked to the west by the territory of Ethiopia and Sasu. The Aksumite King Ezana eventually conquered Nubia the following century, and the Aksumites thereafter...
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