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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.
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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.
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862-03820375
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.
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Ethiopian style religious painting in the small Catholic church at Kalacha on the edge of the Chalbi Desert.
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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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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.
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Deep in thought, an old man with Orthodox cross in hand rests outside the rock hewn church of Abune Yemata in the Gheralta Mountains near Guh.Abune Yemata is reached only by a hazardous ascent with tiny footholds and irregular handgrips.
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Ethiopian Orthodox priests lead a procession of faithful into Abraha Atsheba Church to celebrate Timkat, the churchs most important Holy Day. Ethiopia is Africas oldest Christian nation where more than half the population follows the Ethiopian Orthodox faith. Priests wear colourful vestments while silk brocade umbrellas shade them from the sun.
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The entrance to the ancient rock-hewn church of Mikael Imba,near Atsbi in Ethiopia's most northerly region of Tigray. In all,Tigray has more than 120 rock-hewn churches.
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862-03353957
Aloes add a splash of colour to the parched landscape close to Debre Selam Church,near Atsbi in Ethiopia's most northerly region of Tigray.Flat-roofed stone houses,which are common throughout Tigray Province,may have been introduced into Ethiopia from Arabia as early as 700 BC.
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Ethiopia, Abraha Atsbeha, Tigray Region. The interior of the semi monolithic 10th century church of Abraha Atsbeha is richly adorned with post 17th century paintings depicting biblical scenes.
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A Priest of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church reads a very old, beautifully illustrated bible beside the entrance to the rock hewn church of Yohannes Maequddi.The bibles script is Ge ez, the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which is comparable to Latin in the Roman Church.
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Kenya,Marsabit,Kalacha. A mural in the Catholic church at Kalacha painted by an Ethiopian artist.
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A priest stands outside the rock-hewn church of Abune Yemata in the Gheralta Mountains near Guh.Carved into a cliff face with a sheer drop of 800 to 1,000 feet,the church is reached only by a hazardous ascent with tiny footholds and irregular hand grips. It is renowned for its truly remarkable murals.
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841-03034168
Narga Selassi church,Isle of Dek,Lake Tana,Gondar region,Ethiopia,Africa
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841-03034167
Narga Selassi church,Isle of Dek,Lake Tana,Gondar region,Ethiopia,Africa
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841-02705902
Early 12th Century Frescoes in Bet Maryam, St. Mary's Church, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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841-02715453
Ura Kedane Meheriet church, Zege peninsula, Lake Tana, Gondar region, Ethiopia, Africa
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862-03711153
Ethiopia, Lake Tana. Brightly-coloured murals depict religious scenes in Beta Giorgis Monastery.
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862-03711152
Ethiopia, Lake Tana. Brightly-coloured murals depict religious scenes in Beta Giorgis Monastery.
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Ethiopia, Lake Tana. Brightly-coloured murals depict religious scenes in Beta Giorgis Monastery.
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Ethiopia, Gondar, Debre Birhan Selassie Church. Ancient paintings adorn the interior of this famous church.
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A Tigray woman carries her child in a beautifully decorated leather carrier on her back.She has a cross of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church tattooed on her forehead.The people living in the highlands of Northern Ethiopia are deeply religious.
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Frescoes on the ceiling of the Debre Berham (Debre Birhan Selassie) church, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa
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862-03354008
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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841-03034194
Wall painting in interior,Christian church of Narga Selassie,island of Dek,Lake Tana,Gondar region,Ethiopia,Africa
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841-03034170
Ura Kedane Meheriet church,Zege peninsula,Lake Tana,Gondar region,Ethiopia,Africa
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841-02902042
St. George and Dragon, Uran Kidane Meherate church, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa
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841-02715446
Wall paintings in the interior of the Christian church of Ura Kedane Meheriet (Kidene Mehret) (Ura Kidanemereth), Zege peninsula, Lake Tana, Gondar region, Ethiopia, Africa
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841-02715445
Interior of the Christian church of Ura Kedane Meheriet (Kidene Mehret) (Ura Kidanemereth), Zege peninsula, Lake Tana, Gondar region, Ethiopia, Africa
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862-06825069
Europe, Bulgaria, Ruse, frescoes in the subterranean Church of Sveta Troitsa
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862-06825068
Europe, Bulgaria, Ruse, frescoes in the subterranean Church of Sveta Troitsa
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Europe, Bulgaria, Ruse, frescoes in the subterranean Church of Sveta Troitsa
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Europe, Bulgaria, Rila Monastery, frescoes by Zahari Zograf, Nativity Church, Unesco World Heritage Site
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862-06825043
Europe, Bulgaria, Rila Monastery, frescoes by Zahari Zograf, Nativity Church, Unesco World Heritage Site
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862-06825041
Europe, Bulgaria, Rila Monastery, frescoes by Zahari Zograf, Nativity Church, Unesco World Heritage Site
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Europe, Bulgaria, Rila Monastery, frescoes by Zahari Zograf, Nativity Church, Unesco World Heritage Site
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862-06825036
Europe, Bulgaria, Rila Monastery, frescoes by Zahari Zograf, Nativity Church, Unesco World Heritage Site
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Europe, Bulgaria, Rila Monastery, frescoes by Zahari Zograf, Nativity Church, Unesco World Heritage Site
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Ethiopia, Lake Tana. Brightly-coloured murals depict religious scenes in Beta Giorgis Monastery.
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862-03711124
Ethiopia, Gondar, Debre Birhan Selassie Church. Ancient paintings adorn the interior of this famous church.
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Ethiopia, Gondar, Debre Birhan Selassie Church. Ancient paintings adorn the interior of this famous church.
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An old Ethiopian Orthodox priest holds a large brass Coptic cross at the rock hewn church of Adadi Maryam, just south of Addis Abeba. This is the southernmost of Ethiopias rock hewn churches.
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Ethiopian Orthodox priests perform the Dance of the Priests to celebrate Timkat, the churchs most important Holy Day. Ethiopia is Africas oldest Christian nation where more than half the population follows the Ethiopian Orthodox faith. During Timkat, priests stand in two rows, facing one another and sway gently as they chant. Attendants hold silk brocade umbrellas to shade them from the sun
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Mali, Bandiagara Escarpment, Songho. In 'Dogon Country' Songho village's ritual circumcision site decorated with rock paintings
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Ethiopian Christmas day celebrations (Genna),Bet Maryam Church,Lalibela,Ethiopia. Holy men carry Axunite hand crosses. Cloths are used when holding these,to keep them clean. Colourful umbrellas are also an important part fo the religious symbolism employed in Ethiopia.
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The new church in the St Mary of Zion compound dominates Aksum's low-rise skyline.
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At a Lake Tana church a pilgrim reads a holy text of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
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An attractively decorated traditional thatched house belonging to an Orthodox Christian community in the Ethiopian Highlands,northeast of Addis Ababa. Most Amhara people living in the Ethiopian Highlands adhere to the Ethiopian Orthodox faith. Ethiopia is Africa's oldest Christian nation.
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Christian pilgrims, Easter festival, Sainte Marie de Sion, Axoum (Axum) (Aksum), Tigre region, Ethiopia, Africa
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Ethiopia, Abraha Atsbeha, Tigray Region. A Coptic priest outside the huge wooden doors of the semi monolithic 10th century church of Abraha Atsbeha.
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862-06825125
Europe, Bulgaria, Troyan Monastery, Church of the Holy Virgin, mural frescos by Zahari Zograf
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Europe, Bulgaria, Rusenski Lom National Park, rock monastery
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Europe, Bulgaria, Rusenski Lom National Park, rock monastery
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Europe, Bulgaria, Rila Monastery, frescoes by Zahari Zograf, Nativity Church, Unesco World Heritage Site
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Europe, Bulgaria, Rila Monastery, Unesco World Heritage Site
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Africa, Namibia, Damaraland, Brandberg Mountain. The famous White Lady San Art site in the foothills of Namibia's highest peak.
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862-03889870
Thailand, Bangkok. Murals of the Ramakian being restored at Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha).
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Mali, Bandiagara Escarpment, Songho. In 'Dogon Country' Songho village's ritual circumcision site decorated with rock paintings
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Murals in the interior of the 16th century Christian Monastery and church of Azuwa Maryam, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Africa
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Murals in the the 16th century Christian Monastery and church of Azuwa Maryam, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa
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Murals in the the 16th century Christian Monastery and church of Azuwa Maryam, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa
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Murals in the interior of the 16th century Christian Monastery and church of Azuwa Maryam, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Africa
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Virgin and Child picture in Maronite church, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa
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841-02917061
Frescoes on door of Bet Gabriel-Rufael, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
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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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841-03034207
Semi monolithic,rock hewn architecture,Gannata Mariam Christian church,Wollo region,Ethiopia,Africa
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841-03034206
Christian monastery church,Gabriel Wuken,Mount Workamba,Tambien,Tigre provice,Ethiopia,Africa
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841-03034189
Christian church of Narga Selassie,island of Dek,Lake Tana,Gondar region,Ethiopia,Africa
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841-03034172
Ura Kedane Meheriet church,Zege peninsula,Lake Tana,Gondar region,Ethiopia,Africa
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841-02715472
Yemrehanna Krestos (Inrahanna Kristos) monastery, northeast Lalibela, Tigre region, Ethiopia, Africa
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Paintings and interior in the Ura Kedane Meheriet (Kidene Mehret) (Ura Kidanemereth) Christian church, Zege peninsula, Lake Tana, Gondar region, Ethiopia, Africa
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700-09071078
Magnificnet murals painted on all sides of a doorway in the Sanctuary of Atotonilco in Atotonilco, Guanajuato State, Mexico
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Intricate murals on the ceiling of the Sanctuary of Atotonilco in Atotonilco, Guanajuato State, Mexico
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Capilla del Santo Sepulcro at the Sanctuary of Atotonilco in Atotonilco, Guanajuato State, Mexico
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View of the murals on the celing of the Sanctuary of Atotonilco in Atotonilco, Guanajuato State, Mexico
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Altar and murals painted on the ceiling of the Sanctuary of Atotonilco in Atotonilco, Guanajuato State, Mexico
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862-06825074
Europe, Bulgaria, Rusenski Lom National Park, rock monastery
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841-06805485
Ancient wall paintings in the interior of the Debre Birhan Selassie Church, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa
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700-03641214
Church of Sant' Agostino, Montefalco, Umbria, Italy
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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.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest emerges from the ancient rock-hewn Church of Bet Giyorgis.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest in one of the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela. A priest emerges from an ancient rock-hewn Church.
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862-03711130
Ethiopia, Lalibela, Bet Giyorgis. A tourist gazes at the rock-hewn church of Bet Giyorgis.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela, Bet Giyorgis. A tourist gazes at the rock-hewn church of Bet Giyorgis.
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Ethiopia, Lalibela, Bet Giyorgis. A tourist gazes at the rock-hewn church of Bet Giyorgis.
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862-03710340
Algeria, Algiers. Inside the cathedral of Sacre Coeur.
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862-03713112
Africa, Namibia, Damaraland, Brandberg Mountain. The famous White Lady San (Bushman) Art site in the foothills.
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