It’s a common scene here in Lalibela, a small town in northern Ethiopia that’s home to 11 spectacular churches carved both inside and out from a single rock some 900 years ago. The chiseled ...

At 8,000 feet, on the central plateau of Ethiopia, stand 11 churches, each carved from a single, gigantic, block of stone. No bricks, no mortar, no concrete, no lumber, just rock sculpted into ...

From Indian temples to Chinese shrines to Ethiopian churches, these are the world's coolest structures that are carved from ...

Ethiopia's King Lalibela commissioned the church during his reign more than 800 years ago. The site sees hundreds of worshippers during holy celebrations. Hewn from red volcanic rock and standing ...

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 churches in the town of Lalibela dating ...

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

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 ...

Photograph by Neil Thomas The 800-year-old St. George church, in Lalibela, is carved from one solid piece of rock. Photograph by Neil Thomas Ethiopia strains credulity. It could belong to an atlas ...

who ruled the Horn of Africa nation from the late 12th Century to the early 13th Century. Ethiopia is home to dozens of churches carved out of rock hundreds of years ago, which draw tourists from ...

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 ...