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In the Ethiopian highlands eleven churches are cut down into the living rock under King Lalibela, by tradition a New Jerusalem. Christianity there is older than in much of Europe.
How it was checked
- EvidenceT6 PHYSICAL / OBSERVATION; Status: ADDED 2026-09-30
- Letter eraTHE CAPTURE 313 to 1302
- SourcesUNESCO World Heritage listing (1978); Phillipson 2009.