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Eleven churches carved straight down into living rock

This drum was in the 13th century rock-cut Ethiopian Christian Orthodox Church of Debre Sina at Lalibela, an important pilgrimage site. Drums such as this one, and larger examples, are used in reli
This drum was in the 13th century rock-cut Ethiopian Christian Orthodox Church of Debre Sina at Lalibela, an important pilgrimage site. Drums such as this one, and larger examples, are used in… © A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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