Aksel's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Aksel

Travelled & worked in 5 continents. Drove by 4x4 from UlanBataar Mongolia back home to The Netherlands, via Pamir Highway and Turkmenistan. Also explored a dozen African countries overland.

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Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt

Temple of Kom Ombo

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

Jaszmina Szendrey

Added by Jaszmina Szendrey

Markaz Al Belina, Egypt

'Helicopter' Hieroglyphs

Some believe that this ancient mural depicts technology far ahead of its time, but in reality it's nothing quite out of place.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

Manyate Coffee Village

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Mara River Crossing

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

Added by brf2001

Lalibela, Ethiopia

Bete Giyorgis of Lalibela

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Red Terror Martyrs' Memorial Museum

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

Andrasta

Added by Andrasta

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Fendika Azmari Bet

This nightlife venue and cultural center keeps a unique Ethiopian musical tradition alive in the nation’s capital, but breakneck urban development threatens to shut it down.

Michael Henry

Added by Michael Henry

Tiya Stelae

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

kweiss2001

Added by kweiss2001

Goz Abu Goma Bridge

One of the largest early 20th-century bridges in Sudan.

Sarah Durn

Added by Sarah Durn

Omdurman, Sudan

Sheikh Hamad-al Nil Tomb

Every Friday, Sufi dervishes whirl around the tomb in a trance-like state as part of a sacred ritual called dhikr.

Andrasta

Added by Andrasta

Kerma Albeled, Sudan

Western Deffufa of Kerma

The best-preserved example of a unique structure in Nubian architecture.

Roseparis

Added by Roseparis

Jebel Barkal

Crumbling pyramids and temple ruins stand within the shadow of this sacred butte.

Added by manoukbob

Al Matammah, Sudan

Battle of Abu Klea Memorial

A remote monument to one of the fiercest battles fought by the Victorian British Army.

Andrasta

Added by Andrasta

Meroe Pyramids

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

Wadi Halfa, Sudan

Church Pillars of Sai Island

These pillars are one of the few remnants from the mysterious lost empire of Makuria.

Roseparis

Added by Roseparis

Khalid Nabi Cemetery

Iranian tombstones shaped like male and female sexual organs.

serflac

Added by serflac

Kiha

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar.

lukefater

Added by lukefater

Siavonga, Zambia

Chirundu Fossil Forest

The petrified remains of 150-million-year-old trees can be seen in and among the houses of the local villagers.

PatTheGreat

Added by PatTheGreat

Dinosaur Footprints on the Otjihaenamaparero Farm

Tracks of ceratosaurus and Coelophysis rhodesiensis tracks can be found fossilized in the sandstone near Mt. Etjo.

Sossusvlei, Namibia

Dead Vlei

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Mnajdra

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Ta' Hagrat Temples

At more than 5,000 years old, these structures are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

MegalithHunter

Added by MegalithHunter

St. Paul's Bay, Malta

Buġibba Temple

The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.

Luis Morato

Added by Luis Morato

Valletta, Malta

St. John’s Co-Cathedral Skeleton Tombstones

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan