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53: 20: 306: 80:(r. ca. 1181–1221). Archaeological analyses have discerned that the ruins of defensive fortifications date to roughly the 8th century AD, while the monolithic rock-cut churches were built in two stages: the first from the 11th to early 12th centuries, and the second phase from the late 12th to early 13th centuries. 207: 52: 60:
Like the other churches of Lalibela, its precise date of construction is unknown, although it was built no earlier than the 7th century AD (during the
193: 393: 173: 320: 42: 354: 200: 265: 72:). The churches of Lalibela, including Biete Maryam, are traditionally ascribed to having been built during the reign of the 237: 229: 38: 19: 145: 335: 270: 295: 340: 325: 77: 35: 260: 255: 285: 245: 330: 216: 169: 139: 65: 159: 69: 61: 387: 250: 162:(2013), "Complex Societies of the Eritrean/Ethiopian Highlands and their Neighbors", 73: 120: 290: 185: 163: 275: 369: 356: 305: 220: 46: 98: 51: 18: 189: 16:
Monolithic church in Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
64:) and no later than the 13th century AD (during the 313: 236: 168:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 811, 201: 8: 119:Windmuller-Luna, Kristen (September 2014), 114: 112: 208: 194: 186: 127:, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 89: 165:Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology 137: 7: 121:"The Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela" 230:List of Lalibela rock-hewn churches 321:Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church 43:Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church 14: 125:Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History 49:World Heritage Site at Lalibela. 304: 99:"Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela" 97:UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 1: 394:Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela 39:Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela 410: 302: 227: 34:is one of the monolithic 336:Monolithic architecture 56:Inside the church, 2007 296:Biete Qeddus Mercoreus 57: 28: 370:12.03371°N 39.04333°E 341:Rock-cut architecture 326:Gebre Meskel Lalibela 271:Biete Golgotha Mikael 78:Gebre Mesqel Lalibela 55: 27:in Lalibela, Ethiopia 22: 261:Biete Gabriel-Rufael 144:: CS1 maint: year ( 45:. It is part of the 366: /  375:12.03371; 39.04333 286:Biete Medhane Alem 246:Biete Abba Libanos 217:Rock-hewn churches 58: 29: 349: 348: 331:Monolithic church 175:978-0-19-956988-5 160:Phillipson, David 66:Solomonic dynasty 401: 381: 380: 378: 377: 376: 371: 367: 364: 363: 362: 359: 308: 238:List of churches 210: 203: 196: 187: 180: 179: 156: 150: 149: 143: 135: 134: 132: 116: 107: 106: 94: 70:Ethiopian Empire 23:The rock church 409: 408: 404: 403: 402: 400: 399: 398: 384: 383: 374: 372: 368: 365: 360: 357: 355: 353: 352: 350: 345: 309: 300: 232: 223: 214: 184: 183: 176: 158: 157: 153: 136: 130: 128: 118: 117: 110: 96: 95: 91: 86: 62:Kingdom of Axum 17: 12: 11: 5: 407: 405: 397: 396: 386: 385: 347: 346: 344: 343: 338: 333: 328: 323: 317: 315: 311: 310: 303: 301: 299: 298: 293: 288: 283: 278: 273: 268: 263: 258: 253: 248: 242: 240: 234: 233: 228: 225: 224: 215: 213: 212: 205: 198: 190: 182: 181: 174: 151: 108: 88: 87: 85: 82: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 406: 395: 392: 391: 389: 382: 379: 342: 339: 337: 334: 332: 329: 327: 324: 322: 319: 318: 316: 312: 307: 297: 294: 292: 289: 287: 284: 282: 279: 277: 274: 272: 269: 267: 266:Biete Giorgis 264: 262: 259: 257: 256:Biete Denagel 254: 252: 251:Biete Amanuel 249: 247: 244: 243: 241: 239: 235: 231: 226: 222: 218: 211: 206: 204: 199: 197: 192: 191: 188: 177: 171: 167: 166: 161: 155: 152: 147: 141: 126: 122: 115: 113: 109: 104: 100: 93: 90: 83: 81: 79: 75: 74:Zagwe dynasty 71: 67: 63: 54: 50: 48: 44: 40: 37: 33: 26: 21: 351: 291:Biete Meskel 281:Biete Maryam 280: 164: 154: 129:, retrieved 124: 102: 92: 59: 32:Biete Maryam 31: 30: 25:Biete Maryam 24: 373: / 276:Biete Lehem 361:39°02′36″E 358:12°02′01″N 103:unesco.org 84:References 388:Category 221:Lalibela 140:citation 36:rock-cut 314:Related 131:27 July 41:of the 172:  76:ruler 47:UNESCO 170:ISBN 146:link 133:2017 68:and 219:of 390:: 142:}} 138:{{ 123:, 111:^ 101:. 209:e 202:t 195:v 178:. 148:) 105:.

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rock-cut
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
UNESCO

Kingdom of Axum
Solomonic dynasty
Ethiopian Empire
Zagwe dynasty
Gebre Mesqel Lalibela
"Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela"


"The Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela"
citation
link
Phillipson, David
Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology
ISBN
978-0-19-956988-5
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Rock-hewn churches
Lalibela
List of Lalibela rock-hewn churches
List of churches
Biete Abba Libanos
Biete Amanuel

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