King Bazen's Tomb
Aksum, ETplace
About
Despite being the crudest of tombs, roughly hewn into solid rock instead of constructed with fine masonry, this place has a slightly magical feel. According to local beliefs, King Bazen is thought not just to have reigned at Christ’s birth, but to have been Balthazar, and it was he who carried news of Christ's birth to Ethiopia. Whether true or not, judging from the number of tombs and stelae found nearby, the burial site may once have been quite large and important.
3-Day Axum, Yeha Temple and Surroundings
0.1 km away
Weather & Rainfall Patterns
Station: 139n384e · 28.1 km away · 1917m
Aksum
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