The van progressed at a pilgrim's pace, rattling along the rutted Ethiopian mountain road past the hamlets of huts and bouncing alongside the stream of donkeys, cows and schoolchildren making their ...

Priest Mekonnen Fatne stood among his Ethiopian Orthodox faithful, looking upon a nine-centuries-old church they feared could be wrecked at any minute. Over the church loomed a massive tarpaulin ...

This 12th century church carved from stone in Lalibela, Ethiopia, is among the country's architectural marvels. This towering stone obelisk in Axum, Ethiopia, is among the remnants of Axum, an empire ...

Travel + Leisure has partnered with luxury travel experts Black Tomato for a fascinating trip through the heartland of Ethiopia, including the capital, Addis Ababa, and our New World Wonder, Lalibela, ...

They’re one greatest cultural and religious treasures not only in Ethiopia but also in Africa and in Christendom: the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela. And now a United Nations agency is worried ...

Abuna Yemata Guh is one of more than 100 rock-hewn churches in northern Ethiopia, but it’s the only one that requires climbing up a 1,000-foot cliff face to reach. Father Assefa, 64, has done it every ...