11-15-2020, 10:57 PM
** 15-Nov-2020 World View: Ethiopia stone churches
In addition to all that, it also has those amazing rock-hewn stone churches:
![[Image: site_0018_0001-360-360-20151104173450.jpg]](https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/thumbs/site_0018_0001-360-360-20151104173450.jpg)
![[Image: site_0018_0007-360-360-20151104173454.jpg]](https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/thumbs/site_0018_0007-360-360-20151104173454.jpg)
![[Image: site_0018_0014-360-360-20151104173457.jpg]](https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/thumbs/site_0018_0014-360-360-20151104173457.jpg)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/18/gallery/
(11-15-2020, 10:41 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: > Except as a part of the Italian Empire between 1935 and 1941,
> Ethiopia has never been part of any other empire. Due to its
> isolation, Ethiopia has not gotten the respect for an early
> civilization complete with some sophisticated art. It was the
> first country to be liberated from the Axis powers (along with
> Somalia and Eritrea.
> Between the Italo-Ethiopian war and the famine that toppled
> Emperor Haile Selassie and established a Commie Regime is a long
> lifetime, at least by African standards.
In addition to all that, it also has those amazing rock-hewn stone churches:
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/18/gallery/
