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78 relations: Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Amhara Region, Axum, Bakery, Bethlehem, Biete Abba Libanos, Biete Amanuel, Biete Gabriel-Rufael, Biete Lehem, Biete Maryam, Biete Medhane Alem, Biete Meskel, Biete Qeddus Mercoreus, Bugna, Cave, Central Statistical Agency, Charles Fraser Beckingham, Christian cross, Church of Saint George, Lalibela, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Copts, Cristóvão da Gama, David Phillipson, Dawit II, Districts of Ethiopia, East Africa Time, Emperor of Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Francisco Álvares, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Gabriel, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, George Wynn Brereton Huntingford, Graham Hancock, Hakluyt Society, History of Jerusalem, Holy Land, Immanuel, International Air Transport Association, International Civil Aviation Organization, Jerusalem, Kailasa temple, Ellora, Kingdom of Aksum, Lalibela Airport, Lalibela Cross, Lasta (woreda), List of biblical names, List of sovereign states, List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription, ..., List of World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia, List of zones of Ethiopia, Mark Jarzombek, Mark the Evangelist, Mary, mother of Jesus, Monastery, Monolithic church, Myth, New Jerusalem, North Wollo Zone, Pêro da Covilhã, Pilgrimage, Portugal, Pseudoarchaeology, Raphael (archangel), Regions of Ethiopia, Richard Pankhurst (academic), Rock-cut architecture, Saint George, Saint Mercurius, Saladin, Sea level, Timkat, University of Cambridge, Vernacular architecture, World Heritage site, Yemrehana Krestos Church, Zagwe dynasty. Expand index (28 more) »
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Axmad Ibraahim al-Gaasi, Harari: አሕመድ ኢቢን ኢብራሂም አል ጋዚ, "Acmad Ibni Ibrahim Al-Gaazi" Afar, أحمد بن إبراهيم الغازي) "the Conqueror" (c. 1506 – February 21, 1543) was an Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate who fought against the Abyssinian empire and defeated several Abysinian Emperors.
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Amhara Region
Amhara (Amharic: አማራ) is one of the nine ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia, containing the homeland of the Amhara people.
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Axum
Axum or Aksum (ኣኽሱም, አክሱም) is a city in the northern part of Ethiopia.
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Bakery
A bakery (a.k.a. baker's shop or bake shop) is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, pastries, and pies.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem (بيت لحم, "House of Meat"; בֵּית לֶחֶם,, "House of Bread";; Bethleem; initially named after Canaanite fertility god Lehem) is a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem.
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Biete Abba Libanos
Biete Abba Libanos (House of Abbot Libanos) is an underground rock-cut monolith Orthodox church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia.
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Biete Amanuel
Biete Amanuel is an underground Orthodox monolith rock-cut church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia.
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Biete Gabriel-Rufael
Biete Gabriel-Rufael is an underground monolith rock-cut church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia.
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Biete Lehem
Biete Lehem is an underground monolith church carved into rock.
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Biete Maryam
Biete Maryam is an Orthodox underground monolith rock-cut church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia.
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Biete Medhane Alem
Biete Medhane Alem is an Orthodox underground monolith rock-cut church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia.
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Biete Meskel
Biete Meskel (House of the Cross) is an Orthodox underground monolith church carved into rock.
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Biete Qeddus Mercoreus
Biete Qeddus Mercoreus is an underground Orthodox rock-cut monolith church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia.
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Bugna
Bugna (Ge'ez: ቡግና būgnā, not pronounced "buña") is a woreda in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.
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Cave
A cave is a hollow place in the ground, specifically a natural space large enough for a human to enter.
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Central Statistical Agency
The Central Statistical Agency (CSA; Amharic: ማዕከላዊ ስታቲስቲክስ ኤጀንሲ) is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field.
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Charles Fraser Beckingham
Charles Fraser Beckingham, FBA (born in Houghton, Huntingdonshire on 18 February 1914 - died Lewes, East Sussex on 30 September 1998) was a professor of Islamic Studies at Manchester University (1958–65) and London University (1965-81).
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Christian cross
The Christian cross, seen as a representation of the instrument of the crucifixion of Jesus, is the best-known symbol of Christianity.
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Church of Saint George, Lalibela
The Church of Saint George (Bete Giyorgis) is one of eleven rock-hewn monolithic churches in Lalibela, a city in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.
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Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Coptic: Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ̀ⲛⲣⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, literally: the Egyptian Orthodox Church) is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt, Northeast Africa and the Middle East.
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Copts
The Copts (ⲚⲓⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ̀ⲛ̀Ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲥ,; أقباط) are an ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa who primarily inhabit the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination in the country.
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Cristóvão da Gama
Cristóvão da Gama (c. 1516 – 29 August 1542), anglicised as Christopher da Gama, was a Portuguese military commander who led a Portuguese army of 400 musketeers on a crusade in Ethiopia and Somalia (1541–1543) against the far larger Adal Muslim army of Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (also known as Ahmad Gragn) aided by the Ottoman Empire.
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David Phillipson
David Walter Phillipson FBA FSA (born 17 October 1942) is a British archaeologist specializing in African archaeology.
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Dawit II
Dawit II (ዳዊት), also known as Wanag Segad (wanag sagad, 'to whom lions bow'), better known by his birth name Lebna Dengel (ልብነ ድንግል; 1501 – September 2, 1540), was nəgusä nägäst (1508–1540) of the Ethiopian Empire.
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Districts of Ethiopia
Districts, or woreda (ወረዳ) (also spelled wereda), are the third-level administrative divisions of Ethiopia.
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East Africa Time
East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa.
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Emperor of Ethiopia
The Emperor of Ethiopia (ንጉሠ ነገሥት, nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings") was the hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975.
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia (ኢትዮጵያ), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ, yeʾĪtiyoṗṗya Fēdēralawī Dēmokirasīyawī Rīpebilīk), is a country located in the Horn of Africa.
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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (የኢትዮጵያ:ኦርቶዶክስ:ተዋሕዶ:ቤተ:ክርስቲያን; Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Christian Churches.
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Francisco Álvares
Francisco Álvares (c. 1465 in Coimbra – 1536~1541, Rome) was a Portuguese missionary and explorer.
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Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs
Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (April 14, 1831 – June 2, 1896) was a German geographer, explorer, author and adventurer.
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Gabriel
Gabriel (lit, lit, ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, ܓܒܪܝܝܠ), in the Abrahamic religions, is an archangel who typically serves as God's messenger.
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Gebre Mesqel Lalibela
Lalibela (ላሊበላ), throne name Gebre Meskel (lit; 1162 – 1221) was Emperor of Ethiopia from Zagwe dynasty, reigning from 1181 to 1221.
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George Wynn Brereton Huntingford
George Wynn Brereton Huntingford (19 November 1901 – 19 February 1978) was an English linguist, anthropologist and historian.
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Graham Hancock
Graham Hancock (born 2 August 1950) is a British author and reporter.
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Hakluyt Society
The Hakluyt Society is a text publication society, founded in 1846 and based in London, England, which publishes scholarly editions of primary records of historic voyages, travels and other geographical material.
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History of Jerusalem
During its long history, Jerusalem has been attacked 52 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, besieged 23 times, and destroyed twice.
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Holy Land
The Holy Land (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ הַקּוֹדֶשׁ, Terra Sancta; Arabic: الأرض المقدسة) is an area roughly located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea that also includes the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River.
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Immanuel
Immanuel (עִמָּנוּאֵל meaning, "God with us"; also romanized Emmanuel, Imanu'el) is a Hebrew name which appears in the Book of Isaiah as a sign that God will protect the House of David.
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International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a trade association of the world’s airlines.
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International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale, OACI), is a specialized agency of the United Nations.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; القُدس) is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
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Kailasa temple, Ellora
The Kailash (IAST) or Kailasanatha temple (Kailāsanātha) is one of the largest rock-cut ancient Hindu temples located in Ellora, Maharashtra, India.
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Kingdom of Aksum
The Kingdom of Aksum (also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or the Aksumite Empire) was an ancient kingdom in what is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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Lalibela Airport
Lalibela Airport is an airport serving Lalibela, a city in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.
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Lalibela Cross
The Lalibela Cross (or Afro Ayigeba) is a large, elaborately decorated processional cross, considered one of Ethiopia's most precious religious and historical heirlooms.
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Lasta (woreda)
Lasta is a woreda (district) in the Semien Wollo Zone (North Wollo) of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.
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List of biblical names
This page introduces a list of proper names from the Bible.
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List of sovereign states
This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription.
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List of World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 2025 Ethiopia ratified the convention as one of the first countries on July 6, 1977, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list.
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List of zones of Ethiopia
The regions of Ethiopia are administratively divided into 68 or more zones (ዞን, zonə).
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Mark Jarzombek
Mark Jarzombek (born 1954) is a United States-born architectural historian, author and critic.
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Mark the Evangelist
Saint Mark the Evangelist (Mārcus; Μᾶρκος; Ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ; מרקוס; مَرْقُس; ማርቆስ; ⵎⴰⵔⵇⵓⵙ) is the traditionally ascribed author of the Gospel of Mark.
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Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran.
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Monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).
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Monolithic church
A monolithic church or rock-hewn church is a church made from a single block of stone.
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Myth
Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in society, such as foundational tales.
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New Jerusalem
In the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible, New Jerusalem (Jehovah-shammah, or " YHWH there") is Ezekiel's prophetic vision of a city centered on the rebuilt Holy Temple, the Third Temple, to be established in Jerusalem, which would be the capital of the Messianic Kingdom, the meeting place of the twelve tribes of Israel, during the Messianic era.
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North Wollo Zone
Semien Wollo (Amharic: ሰሜን ወሎ) (or North Wollo) is one of 10 zones of the Amhara Region of northern Ethiopia.
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Pêro da Covilhã
Pedro, or Pêro da Covilhã or (c. 1460 – after 1526), sometimes written: Pero de Covilhăo, was a Portuguese diplomat and explorer.
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Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.
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Pseudoarchaeology
Pseudoarchaeology—also known as alternative archaeology, fringe archaeology, fantastic archaeology, or cult archaeology—refers to interpretations of the past from outside of the archaeological science community, which reject the accepted datagathering and analytical methods of the discipline.
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Raphael (archangel)
Raphael (Hebrew: רָפָאֵל, translit. Rāfāʾēl, lit. 'It is God who heals', 'God Heals', 'God, Please Heal'; Ραφαήλ, ⲣⲁⲫⲁⲏⲗ, رفائيل) is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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Regions of Ethiopia
Ethiopia is a federal state subdivided into ethno-linguistically based regional states (plural: kililoch; singular: kilil) and chartered cities (plural: astedader akababiwach; singular: astedader akabibi).
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Richard Pankhurst (academic)
Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst OBE (3 December 1927 – 16 February 2017) was a British academic, founding member of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, and former professor at the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
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Rock-cut architecture
Rock-cut architecture is the creation of structures, buildings, and sculptures, by excavating solid rock where it naturally occurs.
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Saint George
Saint George (Γεώργιος, Geṓrgios; Georgius;; to 23 April 303), according to legend, was a Roman soldier of Greek origin and a member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian, who was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith.
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Saint Mercurius
Mercurius (Ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲡⲁ ⲧⲏⲣ Ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓⲟⲥ; 224250 AD) was a Christian saint and a martyr.
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Saladin
An-Nasir Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب / ALA-LC: Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb; سەلاحەدینی ئەییووبی / ALA-LC: Selahedînê Eyûbî), known as Salah ad-Din or Saladin (11374 March 1193), was the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.
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Sea level
Mean sea level (MSL) (often shortened to sea level) is an average level of the surface of one or more of Earth's oceans from which heights such as elevations may be measured.
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Timkat
Timkat (Amharic: ጥምቀት which means "baptism") (also spelled Timket, or Timqat) is the Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epiphany.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.
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Vernacular architecture
Vernacular architecture is an architectural style that is designed based on local needs, availability of construction materials and reflecting local traditions.
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World Heritage site
A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.
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Yemrehana Krestos Church
Yemrehana Krestos Church is an 11th-century Ethiopian Orthodox church located in northern Ethiopia.
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Zagwe dynasty
The Zagwe dynasty (ዛጉዌ ሥርወ መንግስት) was the ruling dynasty of a Medieval kingdom in present-day northern Ethiopia.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalibela
