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II.—The Rock-Hewn and Other Medieval Churches of Tigré Province, Ethiopia

Archaeologia, 1971
More than twenty years ago this Society published a paper of mine entitled The Christian Antiquities of Northern Ethiopia. My present paper takes up the same theme again, describes much new material which has since come to light, and draws some new and better-founded conclusions.
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THE CHURCH OF MADHANE ALEM IN ADI QASHO AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF DATING OF TIGRAY (ETHIOPIA) ROCK-HEWN MONUMENTS

ВОПРОСЫ ВСЕОБЩЕЙ ИСТОРИИ АРХИТЕКТУРЫ, 2020
Датировка скальных памятников - один из наиболее сложных и дискуссионных вопросов, возникающих перед исследователями в процессе изучения истории архитектуры Эфиопии. Основываясь на различных концепциях и подходах, ученые расходятся в датировке отдельных памятников более чем на 300 лет. Так, один и тот же памятник может быть воспринят как относящийся ко
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Micro‐Raman And Micro‐Stratigraphic Analysis Of The Painting Materials In The Rock‐Hewn Church Of The Forty Martyrs In Şahinefendi, Cappadocia (Turkey)

Archaeometry, 2015
This paper presents the results of analyses carried out on the paintings on the rock‐hewn walls of the Forty Martyrs church at Şahinefendi in Cappadocia (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), a central region of Turkey, performed during conservation work from 2007 to 2012.
Pelosi C, Agresti G, Andaloro M, Baraldi P, Pogliani P, Santamaria U, LA RUSSA, Mauro Francesco, Ruffolo, SA, Rovella N.   +8 more
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The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela : bridging local and global Christian culture

2023
International ...
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Integrated geological-architectural pilot study of the Biet Gabriel-Rufael rock hewn church in Lalibela, northern Ethiopia

Italian Journal of Geosciences, 2012
We present a geological and architectural integrated pilot study, aiming at the preservation of the Biet Gabriel-Rufael church, located in Lalibela, the worldwide known Ethiopian rock hewn monumental site protected by UNESCO since 1978. The town developed since the Neolithic up to the medieval age, as inferred from the traces of three distinct ...
SANI, FEDERICO, G. Moratti, COLI, MASSIMO, P. Laureano, ROVERO, LUISA, TONIETTI, UGO, N. Coli   +6 more
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TEM- FAST SMALL LOOP SOUNDINGS TO MAP UNDERGROUND TUNNELS AND GALLERIES CONNETING THE ROCK HEWN CHURCHES OF LALIBELA, ETHIOPIA

2003
As one of the first attempts to utilize the technique for intrasite archaeological prospection, a series of coincident square-loop TEM-fast geophysical surveys were carried out over the compounds of the largest of the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela—Bete Maryam and Bete Amannuel— in North Ethiopia.
RANIERI, GAETANO, TIGISTU HAILE, TAMIRU ALEMAYEHU   +2 more
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What kind of volcanite the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela UNESCO's Heritage site are made of ?

2011
The extraordinary monumental complex of the 11 rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, included in the UNESCO’s world heritage list since 1978, attracted the attention of the conservation science community mainly for their severe chemical weathering, physical decay and structural instability.
A Renzulli, F Antonelli, C Margottini, P Santi, F Fratini   +4 more
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A comparison between the rock-hewn churches and geology of Tigray and the hypogean churches and geology of Amhara (Northern Ethiopia).

Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Residente in Pisa Memorie serie A, 2023
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Tigray’s ancient rock-hewn churches are under threat: why it matters

2022
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HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES AT WUKRO ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM AND CHERKOS ROCK-HEWN CHURCH, TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA

This thesis documents the current heritage management practices at Wukro archaeological museum and Cherkos Rock-Hewn Church in Tigray. It also attempts to identify the prevailed management challenges that negatively affects the heritage management practices.
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