Modern photo of the ruins of the palace of Dungur. Around 5th–7th centuries AD.
Photo: A. Savin. Wikimedia Commons.
Most of the houses in Aksum are small in size and are built using un-dressed mud-set stone and timber for the doors and windows. There are, however, several large palaces in and around the city which we’d recommend visiting. The largest of these is Ta‘akha Maryam which extends over 10,000 square metres. Another large structure, to the west of the Cathedral of Mary of Zion, is Dungur. The palaces are built in a distinct Aksumite fashion by using dressed stone, rubble, mud, and timber beams.
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