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