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Tunnel beneath Biete Medhane Alem church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

2010-09-26

Lalibela (Ethiopia)

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Rock-hewn Church, Biete Medhane Alem. Lalibela is renowned for its churches carved into rock. Biete Medhane Alem is home to the Lalibela Cross and believed to be the largest monolithic church in the world Original Carousel 20, slide 60.

Collection: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection
Archival grouping: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection / Ethiopia / Lalibela / Meskel Festival
Catalog date: 2010-09-26
Recorded places: Lalibela (Ethiopia)
Cataloged creator or photographer: Doochin, Michael D.; Kartoz-Doochin, Linda
Format and extent: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)

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Catalog reference: EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2457

Collection: Michael and Linda Doochin Collection

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