Their architectural art was inherited from their South Arabian counters. Some Aksumite artwork contained combinations of Middle Eastern deities.
Sum today is famous for its tall stone cut towers known as obelisks. The largest one measures 33 meters (ca. 108 ft feet). These obelisks were monolithic, meaning they were carved out of a single stone. It is assumed that they were built before Album adopted Christianity because there is no Christian inscription to be found on them. These obelisks were essentially tomb stones, built to mark graves and underground burial chambers.