Carved in stone: the extraordinary 12th Century Church of St George at Lalibela. Part of a World Heritage site, it took more than 20 years to carve this church out of the mountainside. Frank ...

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.

The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela are a Unesco world heritage site Rebels from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela, a Unesco world heritage site in ...