We arrived in Aksum and then went immediately to the East to see the many treasures the area of Tigray has to offer. We started at the pre-Aksumite temple of Yeha, then the oldest monastery in Ethiopia built on a desert plateau at Debre Damo, and finally some of the cave churches in Eastern Tigray.
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| Yeha, the oldest structure in Ethiopia. |
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| A very old goat-skin Bible. |
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| The Adwa Mountains. |
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| Climbing up to the Debre Damo monastery; the only way up. |
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| Hi Eva, I made it! |
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| A rock-hewn church of Mikael Melehayzenghi built into a cave in Tigray. |
Africa seems steeped in religion?
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