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Eleven churches carved straight down into living rock

It's encouraging to see the international community is helping preserve and (one hopes) restore the famed rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia. I don't even want to think about all the ancient m
It's encouraging to see the international community is helping preserve and (one hopes) restore the famed rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia. I don't even want to think about all the ancient… © A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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