Welcome to In Focus. In this series we take a closer look at particular sites, finds and objects from the world of Archaeology.

Today we travel to Ethiopia to see so-called ‘the eight wonder of the world’, the Lalibela Churches.

Tags:

• Archaeology
• excavation
• Lalibela
• churches
• monolithic
• stone
• carved
• Jerusalem
• Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb
• Saladin
• King
• Bet Medhane Alem
• Lalibela Cross
• Aksum
• Bete Maryam
• Bete Golgotha
• Selassie Chapel
• Tomb of Adam
• Bete Giyorgis
• Bete Amanuel
• Bete Merkorios
• Bete Abba Libanos
• Bete Gabriel-Rufael
• Masqal Kibra
• saint george
• river jordan
• David Phillipson
• David Buxton
• research
• timing
• century
• vision
• bees

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