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BALTHAZAR
& THE KINGDOM OF AKSUM

In popular Ethiopian tradition, even in philately, King Bazen, known as the Magi Balthazar, ruled over the mighty kingdom of Aksum (located in Ethiopia), considered one of the four great powers of antiquity, along with Persia, Rome, and China. The tomb of King Bazen in Aksum, presented as the burial place of Biblical magi Balthazar, is dated to the beginning of the 1st century AD.

THEMES OF THE COLLECTION

PROPHECIES

THE QUEEN OF SABA
& THE WISE MAN OF SABA

KING BAZEN, ALIAS BALTHAZAR
THE MAGUS (1st c.)

SPLENDORS OF THE KINGDOM
OF AKSUM (ANTIQUITY)

LANDSCAPES OF AKSUM

REPRESENTATIONS
OF THE MAGUS OF ETHIOPIA

SACRED ART