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  The new church in the St Mary of Zion compound dominates Aksum's low-rise skyline.
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  Shaped like a Greek cross and excavated below ground level in a sunken courtyard,15m tall Bet Giorgis is the most celebrated of Lalibela's churches.
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  A priest holds one of the monastery's ancient illuminated texts.
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  A priest holds one of the church's ancient crosses.
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  A priest holds a pair of the monastery's many ancient crosses.
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  Ura Kidane Meret Church boasts some of the finest 16th century murals,most painted in the maqdas,or inner sanctuary,of any Ethiopian church.
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  Lattice screens shade the circular passage around the 14th century church and monastery of the Ura Kidane Meret near Lake Tana.
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  A priest at Kebran Gabriel Church shows one of its many ancient illustrated books; the church has the largest library in the Tana region.

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• Ethiopia, Lalibela. Crowds gather to worship on Sunday around Bet Giyorgis.
• Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest emerges from the ancient rock-hewn Church of Bet Giyorgis.
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• Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest emerges from an ancient rock-hewn Church.
• Ethiopia, Lalibela, Bet Giyorgis. A tourist gazes at the rock-hewn church of Bet Giyorgis.
• Fine murals decorate the interior of the rock hewn church of Yohannes Maequddi, a two hour walk from Degum on a plateau of the Gheralta Mountains east of Debretsion.The spacious rectangular interior is best known for its ancient, well-preserved murals and paintings.
• Priests of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church pause at the entrance to the rock hewn church of Yohannes Maequddi, a two hour walk from Degum on a plateau of the Gheralta Mountains east of Debretsion.The access to the church is along a narrow cleft between glaring sandstone.
• The rock hewn church of Abune Yemata in the Gheralta Mountains near Guh is renowned for its truly remarkable murals. Abune Yemata church is reached only by a hazardous ascent with tiny footholds and irregular hand grips.