| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Beta Maryam
|
 |
One of the priests in the church grounds.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Beta Maryam
|
 |
Priest sitting by the church.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Beta Maryam
|
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Beta Maryam has a small museum full of church treasures.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
|
 |
The papyrus boats can carry heavy loads, even livestock.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
|
 |
A young Great Commorant.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
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The 14th century church of Azuwa Maryam is one of many on the Zege Peninsula.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
The church at Azuwa Maryam, like many on Lake Tana, is round.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
The outer cloister of the church is used for chanting and prayers.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
View into the painted interior from the outer cloister. The interior is used for communion.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
The walls of the church are a riot of colour with paintings of Biblical stories.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
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The archangels, Michael and Gabriel guarding the holy of holies where only priests are allowed.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
A wall covered with paintings.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
Detail of a man and two women.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
Detail of a group of priests.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
Image of hell.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
The holy trinity (Father, Son and Holy Ghost).
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
Painting about a canibal.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
Saints on doors.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
Salome and the beheading of John The Baptist.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
Two figures with a snake, one with an Ethiopian cross.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
 |
Figure riding a lion.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
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Fire and a crucifix.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
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Fish speared with trident by a figure with Arab style shoes.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Zege Peninsula
Site / Event : Azuwa Maryam
|
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Church drums, used to call the faithful to prayer.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
Site / Event : Kebran Gabriel
|
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The Monastery of Kebran Gabriel is on an island where only men are allowed.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
Site / Event : Kebran Gabriel
|
 |
View from Kebran Gabriel island.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
Site / Event : Kebran Gabriel
|
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The church of Kebran Gabriel is round and has a corregated iron roof.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
Site / Event : Kebran Gabriel
|
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The arched cloister of Kebran Gabriel.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
Site / Event : Kebran Gabriel
|
 |
Wooden window with decorated metal grill.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
Site / Event : Kebran Gabriel
|
 |
Cross with paintings.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
Site / Event : Kebran Gabriel
|
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Incense burners and books at the Kebran Gabriel museum.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
Site / Event : Kebran Gabriel
|
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Delicately carved window.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
Site / Event : Kebran Gabriel
|
 |
The head priest.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
Site / Event : Kebran Gabriel
|
 |
Priest in the monastery grounds.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Eastern Lake Tana
|
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Small island on the lake.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Blue Nile Source
|
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The source of the Blue Nile 5223km from the sea.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Blue Nile Source
|
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Hippos at the source of the Blue Nile.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Lake Tana
District : Blue Nile Source
|
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Snakebird (Darter) on the banks of the Blue Nile at its source on Lake Tana.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Sacred Ibis in the fields near the Blue Nile Falls.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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A group of men walking in the fields.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
 |
View of farmland and distant mountains.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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A Hadada Ibis.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Working the land.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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The Andasar (one fish) River is a tributary of the Blue Nile.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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A group of Black Headed Herons in a tree.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Two Egyptian Geese and a man ploughing.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Senegal Wattled Plover.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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The village of Tis Abay is the nearest to the falls.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Rugged landscape near Tis Abay.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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A 17th century Portuguese stone bridge.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Man sitting by a bridge.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Ascending a rocky trail with donkeys.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Rocky landscape.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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The Blue Nile below the falls running along a gorge.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Small settlement above Tis Abay.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Two people on the trail.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Woman spinning yarn.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Houses near Tis Abay.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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The Blue Nile above the falls.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Two girls between villages.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Tis Isat, the Blue Nile Falls.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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People above the falls.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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The red cheeked Cordon Bleu.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Boat on the Blue Nile.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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The Blue Nile and its falls.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Rainbow at the foot of the falls.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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A rickety bridge across the gorge below the falls.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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A group of students from Gondar visiting the falls.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Cows grazing at the foot of the falls.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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The Blue Nile Falls in all its glory.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Muslim woman at the falls.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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The falls are set in fertile landscape.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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The banks of the Blue Nile above the falls.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Landcsape by the Blue Nile.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Fire Finch.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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A quiet stretch of the river.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Cargo and passenger boat on the Blue Nile.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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The Blue Nile runs through fertile countryside.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Transport on the Blue Nile.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Blue Nile Falls
|
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Boat dock for Tis Abay.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
|
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Onion sellers. The onions of the region are famous throughout the country.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
|
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The Northern part of the Amhara region to the East of Lake Tana is fertile.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
|
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Cattle herding.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
|
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Wooden house, typical of the region.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
|
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Small settlement.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
|
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Shacks overlooked by Arak Gada.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
District : Addis Zemen
|
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Cooking pots in the market at Addis Zemen.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
District : Addis Zemen
|
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Men playing table football.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
District : Addis Zemen
|
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Old woman walking into town.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
|
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The strange rock formation known locally as Arak Gada.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
|
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The stele-like Arak Gada.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
District : Emfraz
|
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Farmland near the 2172m high pass at Emfraz.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
District : Emfraz
|
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Hilly countryside near the Emfraz Pass.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
District : Emfraz
|
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Hilltop settlement.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
District : Emfraz
|
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View from the 2172m pass at Emfraz.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
District : Emfraz
|
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Mountains near the Emfraz Pass.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
District : Emfraz
|
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Rock formations from Emfraz.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
District : Emfraz
|
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Spectacular rock formations.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
District : Maksegnit
|
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Woman buying a chicken at Maksegnit.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
State / Province : Amhara
Region : Northern Amhara
District : Maksegnit
|
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Gondar style castle near Maksegnit.
|
2011 |
were added from 1 February 2025.