Pilgrims At The Adadi Maryam Church Editorial Image

Pilgrims at the Adadi Maryam historic church, Ethiopia. Throughout the medieval period, and especially during the 10th-12th centuries, churches were hewn out of rock throughout Ethiopia, especially during the northernmost region of Tigray, which was the heart of the Aksumite Empire. However, rock-hewn churches have been found as far south as Adadi Maryam (15th c.), about 100 km south of Addis Abeba.