Early excavations revealed that Ta’akha Maryam was a magnificent palace, probably dating from the 6th century AD or earlier. Covering a vast area of some 120m by 80m, Ta’akha Maryam is bigger than Dungur and would have been far larger than medieval European palaces of the time. Today there’s little more than piles of rubble and a couple of dressed stone blocks strewn on either side of the road that the Italians cut straight through, but the families who had built homes here have been relocated and a long-awaited excavation is set to begin. The Archaeological Museum has a model of how it may have looked.
Just to the north is Enda Semon , another palace ruin with even less to see. Excavation is also due to begin here.
