Quite TAN but contemporary and possibly interesting --- Aksum

Appeared just two days ago in _Antiquity_  ( online, in open access ) :
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"Beta Samati: discovery and excavation of an Aksumite town"
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MWh27skE%3D&reserved=3D0  []  Published online by
Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2019")
at :
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and taken up in the more popular media, e.g. : ---

"Lost Ethiopian town comes from an ancient empire that rivalled Rome"
10 December 2019
at :
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.new=
scientist.com%2Farticle%2F2226803-lost-ethiopian-town-comes-from-an-ancient=
-empire-that-rivalled-rome%2F&data=3D02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu=
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7C1%7C637117676897871031&sdata=3DlSeNCw%2FmUNjKph8vce2MyafAAFejYl0N6%2B=
W%2BsIBZiWE%3D&reserved=3D0

and

"Archeologists unearth lost town from little-known ancient East African
empire"
updated December 11, 2019
at :
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fedition=
.cnn.com%2F2019%2F12%2F11%2Fafrica%2Fethiopia-buried-town-discovery-beta-sa=
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7117676897871031&sdata=3D0PppL1UT3eraV87M91HgfYlazZUgVJR0d4iF78VabGc%3D=
&reserved=3D0

and

"2,700-Year-Old Town From One of Ancient World's Major Powers Revealed by
Archaeologists"
on 12/11/19 at 12:24 PM EST
at :
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.new=
sweek.com%2Farchaeologists-2700-town-ancient-world-major-powers-1476771&amp=
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a=3D0bhwBLwqzm9YEkY02%2Fi4DxEwfHT%2FAm7wg4T12lIeinM%3D&reserved=3D0

and

"Les vestiges d'une cit=C3=A9 antique oubli=C3=A9e depuis 1300 ans refont s=
urface en
Ethiopie"
publi=C3=A9 le 11/12/2019 =C3=A0 14h32 - Mis =C3=A0 jour le 11/12/2019
at :
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.fr%2Fhistoire%2Fles-vestiges-dune-cite-antique-oubliee-depuis-1300-ans-ref=
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etc.  etc.


- Laval Hunsucker
  Breukelen, Nederland