The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches of this 13th-century 'New Jerusalem' are situated in a mountainous region in the heart of Ethiopia near a traditional village with circular-shaped dwellings.

They’re one greatest cultural and religious treasures not only in Ethiopia but also in Africa and in Christendom: the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela. And now a United Nations agency is worried ...

Abuna Yemata Guh is one of more than 100 rock-hewn churches in northern Ethiopia, but it’s the only one that requires climbing up a 1,000-foot cliff face to reach. Father Assefa, 64, has done it every ...

Military forces from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have occupied Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ethiopia known for its rock-hewn cave churches that were carved in the 13th ...

NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -A fresh eruption of fighting in northern Ethiopia has raised concerns among residents about the safety of rock-hewn churches in the town of Lalibela dating back to the ...

(RNS) — 'My heart is broken for us Ethiopians in America and around the world. Our life is dismantled,' said Kesis Asteraye Tsige, an Ethiopian priest in Kansas City. (RNS) — The fate of the ancient ...

Candy-colored buildings, cobbled lanes that lead to ancient rock-hewn churches, and the smell of takeout tacos filling the ...

2007 Boundaries of Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo, reduced from an original having a 1:5,000 scale Clarification / adopted 2024 Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo - Map of the inscribed property ...

ADDIS ABABA / NAIROBI (Reuters) - Fighting broke out on Wednesday between the army and a regional militia in Ethiopia's mediaeval holy city of Lalibela, a World Heritage site, four residents told ...

TPLF forces have taken control of one of Christianity’s oldest heritage sites. The fate of the ancient rock-hewn churches of northern Ethiopia has become a grave concern for Ethiopian Americans, as a ...

ADDIS ABABA, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela, whose famed rock-hewn churches are a United Nations World Heritage Site, and residents ...

As a stranger draws near, priest Mesganaw Tarkgn whips on an embroidered cape and raises an ancient cross in a picture-perfect pose. He is used to the demands of visitors to one of Ethiopia's holiest ...