If we exclude the sources of the Blue Nile, ultimately a work of nature, the most important and striking monument in Ethiopia ...

perched in Ethiopia’s Lasta mountains at 2,600m. The town is home to 11 medieval rock-cut churches so revered, Unesco included them on the original World Heritage list in 1978 – a list of then ...

There's a mysterious site in Africa that some say was built by angels. Carved deep in a mountainous region of Ethiopia stand ...

NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A fresh eruption of fighting in northern Ethiopia has raised concerns among residents about the safety of rock-hewn ... Lalibela's 11 medieval cave churches ...

Eight hundred years ago, an Ethiopian king ordered a new capital for Christians. At 8,000 feet, on the central plateau of Ethiopia, stand 11 churches ... were hewn." Whoever cut this rock ...

The lips of generations of pilgrims have smoothed the door frames on its millennia-old rock-hewn churches. Inside, naked bulbs illuminate intricately gilded paintings of Ethiopia’s four sainted ...

The lips of generations of pilgrims have smoothed the door frames on its millennia-old rock-hewn churches. Inside, naked bulbs illuminate intricately gilded paintings of Ethiopia’s four sainted ...

A palace, legend has it, in a land we know today as Ethiopia ... on his daily precipitous climb up to the church, which is hewn out of a high rock face. Photograph by Neil Thomas My Tigray ...

The Ethiopian army regained control of Lalibela on Thursday ... Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage site renowned for its centuries-old rock-hewn churches, has witnessed combat between federal troops ...