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Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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The Old St Mary of Zion Church was built by Fasiladas in 1665. Only males can visit. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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The old church has green lattice windows. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Worshipper outside the old church. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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The interioir of the old church. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Wall paintings in the old church. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Drums for calling the faithful to prayer in the old church. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Priest in the church grounds. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Newly married couple outside the church. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Pilgrims entering the St Mary of Zion Church on Good Friday. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Crowds sitting and listening to the service on Good Friday, one of the most important festivals in Ethiopia. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Two children. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Old woman. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Priest talking to the crowd. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Woman in blue and white. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Crowds listening to the service. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Young girl. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Two women. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Young girl dressed in white. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Woman and child. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Woman with silvery head dress. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Woman adjusting her head covering. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Pilgrims arriving for the Good Friday service. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Woman with blue head-dress. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Woman standing by a tree. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Group of women sitting in the church grounds. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Good Friday attracts thousands of pilgrims. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Two seated girls. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Woman with elegant head covering. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Young girl with Tigray hair style. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Woman in green. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Young girl. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Old woman. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Pilgrims worshipping by the old church. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Two young girls outside the church. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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St Mary of Zion Church |
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Young girl leaving the church. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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Pilgrims on their way to church on Good Friday. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Aksum |
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Man going to church on Good Friday. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Adwa Mountains |
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Landscape near Aksum. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Adwa Mountains |
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The spectacular Adwa Mountains. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Adwa Mountains |
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The Adwa Mountains run close to the border with Eritrea. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Adwa Mountains |
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The Adwa Mountains have many jagged and isolated peaks. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Adwa Mountains |
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The misty Adwa Mountains at dawn. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Adwa Mountains |
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Ridges and misty valleys at the Adwa Mountains. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Adwa Mountains |
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View of the Adwa Mountains from close to the city of Adwa. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Adwa Mountains |
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The mountains from Adwa. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Adwa Mountains |
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Landscape near Adwa. Ethiopia defeated Italy in this area saving the country from colonialism. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Adwa Mountains |
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Stone houses near Adwa. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Inticho |
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Fertile land near Inticho. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Inticho |
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Typical rock formation in Tigray. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Inticho |
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Small settlement. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Inticho |
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Tigray style stone house. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Inticho |
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Hills and mountains at Inticho. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Inticho |
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Forests. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Inticho |
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Mountains near Inticho. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Terraced valley overlooked by a Tigray peak. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Terraced landscape. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Typical Tigray rock formation. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Weird rock formations. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Mountain scenery behind a terraced hill. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Landscape near Yeha. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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The small village of Yeha. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Church of Abuna Aftse |
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The Church of Abuna Aftse in the village of Yeha. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Church of Abuna Aftse |
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Two priests on the church steps. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Church of Abuna Aftse |
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Painting on the outer wall of the church. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Church of Abuna Aftse |
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Carvings of ibex, a south Arabian symbol. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Church of Abuna Aftse |
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Window carved with Aksum cross. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Church of Abuna Aftse |
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Book showing the birth of Jesus and the Three Wise Men. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Yeha Temple |
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The Yeha Temple dates from the 5th century BCE. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Yeha Temple |
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The temple is made from perfectly fitted sandstone blocks. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Yeha Temple |
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The temple is from Ethiopia's first capital and dates from 700 BCE. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Yeha Temple |
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Sabaean inscriptions, a South Arabian script. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Two women in the village. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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The Grat Beal Gebri is a neolithic temple similar to ones in Yemen. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Landscape East of Yeha. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Yeha |
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Two men sitting by the road. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Northern Tigray |
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Flat top rock formation in northern Tigray, close to the border with Eritrea. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Northern Tigray |
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Pyramidal rock formation. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Northern Tigray |
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Stelae-like rock formation. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Northern Tigray |
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Spectacular rock formations. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Ahzera |
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Landscape near Ahzera. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Ahzera |
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Ambas (table mountains) are typical of the region near Ahzera. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Ahzera |
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Table mountain landscape. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Ahzera |
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Table mountains (ambas) dominate the landscape. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Ahzera |
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Hilltop churches near Debre Damo. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
Ahzera |
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Isolated ambas near Debre Damo. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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Debre Damo is a table mountain close to the border with Eritrea. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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Debre Damo Monastery |
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The table mountain houses a monastery at its top. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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Debre Damo Monastery |
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The entrance to the monastery is a 23m climb by rope. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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Debre Damo Monastery |
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Local man climbing up to the monastery. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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Debre Damo Monastery |
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Priest waiting at the top of the rope climb. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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Debre Damo Monastery |
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Priest resting at the half way point. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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Debre Damo Monastery |
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Priest talking to a man at the foot of the monastery. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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The sheer rock clif. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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The village at the foot of Debre Damo. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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Village church. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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The region around Debre Damo has many table mountains. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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View south from Debre Damo. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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Hilltop church from Debre Damo. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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Man descending to the village. |
2011 |
Ethiopia |
Tigray |
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Debre Damo |
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Priest and boy descending down the mountain. |
2011 |