The Cultural Heritage of Yeha

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The Cultural Heritage of Yeha comprises the ruins of the Great Temple and the Palace from the 1st millennium BC. The Temple is the oldest surviving structure in sub-Saharan Africa. It was built in the Sabaean style from South Arabia, which shows the exchange of ideas between both regions at the time. It belonged to a centralized state that was a predecessor to the Axumite Kingdom. The landscape also holds two groups of rockcut tombs from the same era.

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Full Name
The Cultural Heritage of Yeha (ID: 6477)
Country
Ethiopia
Status
On tentative list 2020 Site history
History of The Cultural Heritage of Yeha
2020: Added to Tentative List
Added to tentative list
1981: Deferred
At Bureau - Need Tentative List
1980: Deferred
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1979: Deferred
Bureau meeting - info requested in 78 still not in place
1978: Deferred
Bureau meeting - info requested
Type
Cultural
Criteria
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UNESCO
whc.unesco.org
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UNESCO.org

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  • Archaeological site: Civilizations of Sub-Saharan Africa
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