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