The Ancient Atlas

Washa Mikael Rock-Cut Church

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Cave church carved into a rock outcrop on Yeka Mountain on the edge of Addis Ababa. Original date and builder uncertain; conventionally attributed to the medieval Ethiopian period but possibly older.

9.1167°, 38.7833°

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