Inscribed :1980 Criteria: C (i) (iv)

Justification for Inscription:
Report of the 4th Session of the Committee

Brief description:
Of the roughly 160 archaeological sites discovered so far in the Soddo region, south of Addis Ababa, Tiya is one of the most important. The site contains 36 monuments, including 32 carved stelae covered with symbols, for the most part difficult to decipher, which are the remains of an ancient Ethiopian culture, whose age has not yet been precisely determined.

Tiya Monuments, (Addistribune)