Massawa or Mitsiwa is a port city in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea, located on the Red Sea at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago. It has been a historically im
Massawa harbour
Massawa, Eritrea City Administration Building
St Mariam Orthodox Cathedral
The Sultanate of Dahlak was a small medieval kingdom covering the Dahlak Archipelago and parts of the Eritrean coast. First attested in 1093, it quickly profited from its strategic trading location, g
The Dahlak sultanate and its neighbours, c. 1200
Tombstone from Dahlak with Kufic inscription
Tombstone of sultan Ahmad, who died in 1540