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World Heritage rock-cut sites in Ethiopia · Mysteria

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World Heritage rock-cut sites in Ethiopia

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Rock-cut sites12 Rock cut churches5 Temple complexes3 Tombs2 Aksumite tombs1 Archaeological wonders1

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🇪🇹Ethiopia12

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Excavated6 Partially excavated5 Excavation ongoing1

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rock cut8 zagwe6 chalcolithic2 neolithic2 temple complex2 tomb2 aksumite1

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Rock-cut sites

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

UNESCO World Heritage

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🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock-cut

Lalibela Biete Qeddus Mercoreos Cliff Cell Annex — Eastern Outlier

Medieval (1100-1300 CE) · Zagwe

Lalibela Biete Qeddus Mercoreos Cliff Cell Annex — Eastern Outlier in Amhara, Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Medieval (1100-1300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Zagwe.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock-cut

Lalibela Biete Qeddus Mercoreos Cliff Cell Annex — Southern Extension

Medieval (1100-1300 CE) · Zagwe

Lalibela Biete Qeddus Mercoreos Cliff Cell Annex — Southern Extension in Amhara, Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Medieval (1100-1300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Zagwe.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock-cut

Lalibela Biete Qeddus Mercoreos Cliff Cell Annex — Northern Annex

Medieval (1100-1300 CE) · Zagwe

Lalibela Biete Qeddus Mercoreos Cliff Cell Annex — Northern Annex in Amhara, Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Medieval (1100-1300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Zagwe.

≈AcceptedUNESCO

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock-cut

Lalibela Biete Qeddus Mercoreos Cliff Cell Annex — Western Terrace

Medieval (1100-1300 CE) · Zagwe

Lalibela Biete Qeddus Mercoreos Cliff Cell Annex — Western Terrace in Amhara, Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Medieval (1100-1300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Zagwe.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock-cut

Lalibela Biete Qeddus Mercoreos Cliff Cell Annex

Medieval (1100-1300 CE) · Zagwe

Lalibela Biete Qeddus Mercoreos Cliff Cell Annex in Amhara, Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Medieval (1100-1300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Zagwe.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex

Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela

Zagwe dynasty · Ethiopian Orthodox

11 medieval monolithic rock-cut churches chiselled from tuff into trenches, connected by tunnels, built for King Lalibela as New Jerusalem pilgrimage site; UNESCO 1978.