Dungur Palace (Queen of Sheba Palace)

Queen of Sheba's palace

The complexity of these ancient ruins is amazing. Our excellent tour guide showed us the central hall where guests were received, the kitchen where the ambasha bread was baked, and a shower area where the water flowed in and out of the room through channels. There is some skepticism among archaeologists that the ruins are old enough to date to Queen Sheba's time, but now it is believed that there are older ruins under the existing palace.

We walked there. It's not far from town. On the way we played football with some boys. The palace itself is very nice and peaceful. Wonderful brickwork. And wonderful surrounding view. We chilled there for a bit away from the chaos of town and ate some fruit. Then we walked back and played football again.

Historic and mysterious

Nice historical/ archeological site a short drive from center of Axum. Important to have a guide to go there as otherwise would be difficult to understand and appreciate the site. There's also a small viewing platform to get a better view of the palace ruins.