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Eleven churches carved straight down into living rock

To my eyes, this 13th century church interior is highly exotic, a survival from antiquity. Church of Bet Maryam, Lalibela, Ethiopia.
To my eyes, this 13th century church interior is highly exotic, a survival from antiquity. Church of Bet Maryam, Lalibela, Ethiopia. © A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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