This is a tower built in the sabaean style, and dated through comparison with ancient structures in south arabia to around 700 bc. Yeha, which lies to the northeast of axum, is the site of the famous temple of the moon, ethiopia's oldest standing structure Yeha is considered the birthplace of ethiopia’s earliest known civilisation nearly three millennia ago.
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The site of yeha is located in a modern town hidden by the adwa chains of mountains about 53 km to the west of the world heritage site of aksum in central administrative zone of tigray national regional state in northern ethiopia.
The yeha temple exemplifies a distinctly south arabian architectural style seen across ancient sites in ethiopia, eritrea, and yemen from this period
Its large stone blocks, precise fitting, and lack of mortar are all characteristic of sabaean temples. Ethiopia’s earliest known capital, yeha, is less than two hours’ drive from axum through some dramatic highland scenery As the birthplace of the country’s earliest high civilization, it is well worth visiting. Yeha is a large bronze age site in the ethiopian horn of africa, established in the first millennium bce
Yeha is a town in the northern central zone, tigray in ethiopia