The Sunken Rock Hewn church of Bet Giyorgis (St George), Lalibela, Northern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, AfricaThe most famous of Lalibela's Rock Hewn churches, The Sunken Rock Hewn church of Bet Giyorgis, 'St. George', dating from the 12th Century, Lalibela's Rock Hewn Churches rank amoung the greatest religio-historical sites, not only in the African continent but in the Christian World

The Sunken Rock Hewn church of Bet Giyorgis (St George), Lalibela, Northern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, AfricaThe most famous of Lalibela's Rock Hewn churches, The Sunken Rock Hewn church of Bet Giyorgis, 'St. George', dating from the 12th Century, Lalibela's Rock Hewn Churches rank amoung the greatest religio-historical sites, not only in the African continent but in the Christian World

Pilgrims with the traditional white shawl attending a ceremony at the Bete Medhane Alem Church, Lalibela, Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

Monolithic rock-cut Church of Bete Giyorgis (St. George), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lalibela, Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

Pilgrims with the traditional white shawl attending a ceremony at the Bete Medhane Alem Church, Lalibela, Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

Priest holding relics from the Bete Medhane Alem Church, Lalibela, Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

Pilgrims with the traditional white shawl attending a ceremony at the Bete Medhane Alem Church, Lalibela, Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

Bet Giyorgis church, Lalibela Rock Hewn Churches, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

Bet Golgotha and Bet Mikael churches, Lalibela Rock Hewn Churches, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

Priest holding relics from the Bete Medhane Alem Church, Lalibela, Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

Women selling vegetables, Lalibela market, Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

Bet Giyorgis church, Lalibela Rock Hewn Churches, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

Open market on the treck to Abuna Yosef, Lalibela area, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

Crowded Lalibela market, Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia, Africa

King Ezana's Stele is the central obelisk still standing in the Northern Stelae Park, Axum, Ethiopia, Africa

The Sunken Rock Hewn church of Bet Giyorgis (St George), Lalibela, Northern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa *** Local Caption *** The most famous of Lalibela's Rock Hewn churches, The Sunken Rock Hewn church of Bet Giyorgis, 'St. George', dating from the 12th Century, Lalibela's Rock Hewn Churches rank amoung the greatest religio-historical sites, not only in the African continent but in the Christian World

The Sunken Rock Hewn church of Bet Giyorgis (St George), Lalibela, Northern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa *** Local Caption *** The most famous of Lalibela's Rock Hewn churches, The Sunken Rock Hewn church of Bet Giyorgis, 'St. George', dating from the 12th Century, Lalibela's Rock Hewn Churches rank amoung the greatest religio-historical sites, not only in the African continent but in the Christian World

The Sunken Rock Hewn church of Bet Giyorgis (St George), Lalibela, Northern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa *** Local Caption *** The most famous of Lalibela's Rock Hewn churches, The Sunken Rock Hewn church of Bet Giyorgis, 'St. George', dating from the 12th Century, Lalibela's Rock Hewn Churches rank amoung the greatest religio-historical sites, not only in the African continent but in the Christian World

Lush green hills and yellow Meskel flowers, Simien Mountains National Park, The north, Ethiopia, Africa

Lush green hills and yellow Meskel flowers, Simien Mountains National Park, The north, Ethiopia, Africa

Weekly market in Bati, the largest outside Addis Ababa, Northern Highlands, Ethiopia, Africa

The Great Stelae, 22m, believed to be the largest single stone block humans have tried to erect, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

Intricate carvings and false door at the base of King Ezana's stele, the biggest stelae still standing, 24m high, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, Ethiopia, Africa

Priest with cross, Bet Meskel, an excavated chapel in the northern wall of the courtyard of Bet Maryam, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

The Great Stelae, 22m, believed to be the largest single stone block humans have tried to erect, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

Northern Stelae Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aksum, Ethiopia, Africa

The Great Stelae, 22m, believed to be the largest single stone block humans have tried to erect, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

The Great Stelae, 22m, believed to be the largest single stone block humans have tried to erect, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, Ethiopia, Africa

Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, Ethiopia, Africa

A small boy stands on the Northern Escarpment of the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, Africa

Cruciform window in the Tomb of Adam in the Northern Group of the Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia