{"id":438407,"date":"2018-03-09T17:28:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T21:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiImh0dHBzOi8vd2hjLnVuZXNjby5vcmcvZW4vbGlzdC8xMi_SAQA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:40:57","slug":"tiya-unesco-stelae-fields-and-ethiopias-southern-archaeological-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/438407","title":{"rendered":"Tiya: UNESCO stelae fields and Ethiopia\u2019s southern archaeological heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tiya<\/strong>, south of Addis Ababa in the Soddo region, is a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its carved stelae\u2014standing stones marked with swords and enigmatic symbols that mark ancient burial grounds.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-287574\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Prime-Ministers-office-releases-a-documentary-film-on-preserving-Ethiopian-heritage-1.png?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tiya: UNESCO stelae fields and Ethiopia\u2019s southern archaeological heritage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Compared with Aksum\u2019s monumental obelisks, Tiya\u2019s stones are smaller but archaeologically crucial: they illuminate cultures of the Ethiopian south whose histories are less prominent in imperial chronicles. Surveys suggest dozens of stelae originally stood in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Tiya is a compact reminder that Ethiopia\u2019s heritage map extends far beyond the northern highlands\u2014and that documentation and site protection remain urgent.<\/p>\n<h3>Sources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNESCO \u2013 Tiya<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/statesparties\/et\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNESCO World Heritage Centre \u2013 Ethiopia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiya&nbsp;&nbsp;UNESCO.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":287574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Prime-Ministers-office-releases-a-documentary-film-on-preserving-Ethiopian-heritage-1.png?fit=696%2C349&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1Q35","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438407"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599638,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438407\/revisions\/599638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}