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Eleven churches carved straight down into living rock

This cross-shaped window in the 13th century Church of Bet Meskel is puzzling for several reasons. First, this is not one cross-shaped window. It is two cross-shaped forms that share an arm. The cros
This cross-shaped window in the 13th century Church of Bet Meskel is puzzling for several reasons. First, this is not one cross-shaped window. It is two cross-shaped forms that share an arm. The… © A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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