Keskese

[[File:Keskese.jpg|thumb|Ancient [[Eritrea]], dating back to the {{smallcaps|[[dʿmt]]}} period.]] '''Keskese''' ({{langx|gez|ከስከሰ}}; {{langx|xsa|𐩫𐩪𐩫𐩪}}) is an [[archaeological site]] in [[Eritrea]]. It is the seat of an ancient ruin from {{smallcaps|[[dʿmt]]}} and is situated {{convert|8|km}} north of [[Matara, Eritrea|Matara]].<ref name="Schmidt2006">{{cite book|last=Schmidt|first=Peter Ridgway|title=Historical Archaeology in Africa: Representation, Social Memory, And Oral Traditions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hXAZnnkFJDoC&pg=PA266|accessdate=30 May 2012|year=2006|publisher=Rowman Altamira|isbn=978-0-7591-0965-0|page=266}}</ref>

Dating from around 500 BCE, it is renowned for its ancient [[stele]]s. Some of the edifices at the site are inscribed in Geʿez, and are up to {{convert|14|m}} in height. Keskese was excavated by Daniel Habtemichael in the early 2000s (decade).<ref name="SchmidtCurtis2008">{{cite book|last1=Schmidt|first1=Peter Ridgway|last2=Curtis|first2=Matthew C.|last3=Teka|first3=Zelalem|title=The Archaeology of Ancient Eritrea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NqJyAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=30 May 2012|year=2008|publisher=Red Sea Press|isbn=978-1-56902-284-9|pages=322–3}}</ref>

==See also== *[[Adulis]] *[[Matara, Eritrea|Matara]] *[[Nakfa, Eritrea|Nakfa]] *[[Qohaito]] *[[Sembel]]

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[[Category:Archaeological sites in Eritrea]] [[Category:Geography of Eritrea]] [[Category:Former populated places in Eritrea]]