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Eleven churches carved straight down into living rock

This effigy is in a 13th century Ethiopian Orthodox Church carved out of solid volcanic rock. Of the three relief sculptures of saints I saw in the Church of Bet Golgotha, this one is in the worst sta
This effigy is in a 13th century Ethiopian Orthodox Church carved out of solid volcanic rock. Of the three relief sculptures of saints I saw in the Church of Bet Golgotha, this one is in the worst… © A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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