The Monastery of Abunä Abraham in Ger'alta, eastern Tigray, Ethiopia. Hagos Abrha Abay Ger‘alta is a principally mountainous zone located in a sandstone escarpment in south-central Tigray. It is in ...

Abuna Yemata Guh is one of more than 100 rock-hewn churches in northern Ethiopia, but it’s the only one that requires climbing up a 1,000-foot cliff face to reach. Father Assefa, 64, has done it every ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims wait to attend the Ethiopian Christmas Eve celebration at the St.George Rock-Hewn church ...

A day trip to the rock-hewn churches located near the village of Ivanovo, Bulgaria, was one of the tours available on my Danube River cruise. I quickly jumped at this opportunity for hiking and ...

They’re one greatest cultural and religious treasures not only in Ethiopia but also in Africa and in Christendom: the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela. And now a United Nations agency is worried ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. In the northern highlands of Ethiopia is the holy city of ...

The Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela are among the first twelve World Heritage Sites in the world, to be listed by UNESCO in 1978. Ever since the initial construction of the Rock-hewn Churches in the ...

This is a photo series from photographer, Darren Ornitz. He is based out of Brooklyn, NY and working as a freelancer for Reuters, his work has been published in the New York Times, Travel + Escape, ...

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

Addis Ababa, 5 November 2018: The Director of UNESCO Liaison Office to AU and UN ECA, and Representative to Ethiopia, Ms Ana Elisa Santana Afonso met with a delegation of the Orthodox Tewahido Church ...

Abuna Yemata Guh is one of more than 100 rock-hewn churches in northern Ethiopia, but it's the only one that requires climbing up a 1,000-foot cliff face to reach. Father Assefa, 64, has done it every ...

Abuna Yemata Guh is one of more than 100 rock-hewn churches in northern Ethiopia, but it’s the only one that requires climbing up a 1,000-foot cliff face to reach. Father Assefa, 64, has done it every ...