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Eleven churches carved straight down into living rock

A painting with religious figures is barely visible on the wall below the red-and-white border in the lower right quadrant. 13th century church of Bet Maryam, Lalibela, Ethiopia.
A painting with religious figures is barely visible on the wall below the red-and-white border in the lower right quadrant. 13th century church of Bet Maryam, Lalibela, Ethiopia. © A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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