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The Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela

2019
All countries in Africa have their own particular place on the world map, but the position of Ethiopia is truly unique because of its isolated location high in the mountain range at the source of the Blue Nile, where Ethiopians have sought refuge in turbulent times.
Antoni S Folkers, Folkers Antoni S
exaly   +2 more sources

Built by angels? Towards a buildings archaeology context for the rock-hewn medieval churches of Ethiopia

World Archaeology, 2009
Abstract The medieval rock-cut churches of northern and central Ethiopia bear witness to an ancient Christian heritage. Hitherto, their study has been largely confined to art-historical and architectural-historical disciplines, but this contribution argues that an archaeological approach may reveal much about their development, chronology and symbolism.
Niall Finneran
exaly   +2 more sources

Analysis of rock samples collected from rock hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013
With the aim to study alteration processes of the rock hewn churches from Lalibela (Ethiopia), we applied Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) technique to measure the elemental composition both of the bulk rock materials and their external layers,
Violeta Lazic, G E Gigante
exaly   +3 more sources

SOME LONG-FORGOTTEN ROCK-HEWN CHURCHES IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA

African Affairs, 1972
exaly   +2 more sources

Rock-Hewn Sandstone Churches and Man-Made Caves in and Around Dogu’a Tembien

GeoGuide, 2019
Robert Bussert, Jan Nyssen, Nyssen Jan   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

TEM-fast small-loop soundings to map underground tunnels and galleries connecting the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia

Geoarchaeology - an International Journal, 2005
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 ...
Gaetano Ranieri, Tamiru Alemayehu
exaly   +2 more sources

Rock-hewn churches near the village of Ivanovo, NE Bulgaria: cultural value and geoconservation problems

Zeitschrift Für Geomorphologie, 2021
exaly   +2 more sources

Geological-geomechanical setting for the stability analysis of the rock hewn churches of Lalibela (Ethiopia)

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering: From the Past to the Future, 2016
This paper deals with the geomechanical characterization of the Lalibela (Ethiopia) rock-mass within which the famous UNESCO cultural heritage hewn churcheswere excavated. The churcheswere excavated into a layer of ignimbrite embedded between basalts flows.
COLI, MASSIMO, SANI, FEDERICO, Livi, E., Coli, N., Moratti, Giovanna   +4 more
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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.
Fetle Abebe Demissie
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Geological and Geotechnical Properties of the Rock-hewn Churches of Hawzien-Ger’alta, Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia: Implications for Their Conservation

Geoheritage
Asfawossen Asrat, Asrat Asfawossen
exaly   +2 more sources