Tiya

World Heritage
Ethiopia
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Tiya is the most important of about 160 archaeological sites discovered so far in the Sodo region south of Addis Ababa. The site contains 36 monuments, including 32 stone tablets with symbols, most of which are difficult to decipher. They are relics of an ancient Ethiopian culture whose age is still uncertain.

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Megaliths with engraved figures in Tiya

Man honourary stele, with swords

A sword symbol on a stele at Tiya

Anthropomorphic woman honourary stele, with breast

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A megalithic stelae field in Tiya

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Information extracted from Wikidata

country Ethiopia
image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tiya%20vue%20d%27ensemble.JPG
instance of Kairouan
located in the administrative territorial entity Serbian Grand Principality
executive body Tiya
ELSTAT geographical code tiya-stelae
office held by head of the organization http://g.co/kg/m/012ht6l_
location Tiya
Commons category Tiya
coordinate location Point(38.61211111 8.43491667)
World Heritage criteria Larousse Encyclopedia online
World Heritage criteria World Heritage selection criterion (i)
Atlas Obscura identifier tiya-stelae

start time 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name تيا
official name Tiya
official name Tiya
official name Tiya
official name ティヤ
official name Tiya
official name Археологические памятники Тийа
official name 蒂亚
volume as quantity World Heritage selection criterion (i)
volume as quantity Larousse Encyclopedia online