Escape from Maqdala
· Maqdala (Amba Mariam), Amhara, Ethiopia

Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International · file Menelik escaped Tewodros II's fortress with followers, ending roughly a decade of captivity and beginning his return toward Shewa. Coordinates represent the Maqdala/Amba Mariam fortress locality rather than the undocumented ravine route.