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Eleven churches carved straight down into living rock

This is one of many cross-shaped windows in the 13th century rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia. What's interesting is no two are alike. This window is sophisticated because of its simplicity a
This is one of many cross-shaped windows in the 13th century rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia. What's interesting is no two are alike. This window is sophisticated because of its simplicity… © A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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