The rock-cut churches of Lalibela and the cave church of Washa Mika'el: troglodytism and the Christianisation of the Ethiopian Highlands

Derat, Marie-Laure; Bosc-Tiessé, Claire; Garric, Antoine; Mensan, Romain; Fauvelle, François-Xavier; Gleize, Yves; Goujon, Anne-Lise

doi:10.15184/aqy.2021.20

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The rock-cut churches of Lalibela and the cave church of Washa Mika'el: troglodytism and the Christianisation of the Ethiopian Highlands

Published in Antiquity • Mar 17, 2021

Authors:

Marie-Laure Derat

Claire Bosc-Tiessé

Antoine Garric

Abstract

The monolithic churches of Lalibela are commonly regarded as evidence for the shift of the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia from Aksum to the Ethiopian Highlands during the thirteenth century AD. Recent research, however, has shown that the rock-cut churches were not created ex nihilo. New archaeologic...

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Cave

Ancient history

History

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