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Sacred site: The monolithic rock-cut church of Saint George in Lalibela, Ethiopia is one of 12 churches there hewn from rock. (Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis/Getty Images)
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A pilgrimage to Lalibela’s stone carved churches

For the people who live near this sacred site in Ethiopa, religion is woven into daily life

  • John Davenport
13 min read