Ethiopia Archaeological Sites
Yeka Mikael
Addis Ababa is surrounded by hills in which ancient dwellings and places of worship-are continually being discovered. Natural caves or buildings hewn from rock in bygone civilizations offer a challenge to the explorer. Yeka Mikael rock church is located on a hill. It is carved from rock as were the Lalibela churches, and was used during the Italian occupation to harbour the Tabot of Saint Michael which was later returned to the new church of St. Michael on the Dessie road.
Melka Kontoure
Tools left behind by geologists and archeologists by the Awash River are now the focus of archaeological interest. Here in the lowest levels, pebble tools have been found and in the higher levels men of the Middle and later Stone Age have left many examples of beautiful two-edged hand-axes, obsidian scrapers and sets of bolas (the round stones used several together in nets to throw at animals). At Melka Kontoure were discovered fossil bone of the hippopotamus, rhinoceros, elephant and various antelope.
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