What captivates visitors most about this region is what's on or under the ground, from its otherworldly landscape to numerous ...

It is believed that the first signs of monastic activity in Cappadocia date back to the 4th century at which time small anchorite communities, acting on the teachings of Basileios the Great, Bishop of ...

Adadi Mariam Rock -hewn church, which is one of the few rock hewn churches in the southern part of Ethiopia, is located at the distance of 73Kms from the capital--Addis Ababa. According to oral ...

It is constructed 500 year earlier than that of Lalibella rock hewn churches. On the roof, there are eight crosses made in different designs and decorating the church. One can easily access and ...

George Bruce Levine (right) delivered a lecture on the 13th-century rock-hewn church dedicated to St George (pictured) at Lalibela in Ethiopia at Il-Ħaġar Museum in Victoria. Lalibela is a town ...

Spread across the middle of Turkey like a lunar landscape, Cappadocia is home to a bizarre field of anthill-like cones, rock-hewn churches and underground cities where Christians once hid to avoid ...

material and substance of the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo has been preserved. Urgent conservation work has been completed on the valuable 13th and 14th century murals, whilst cleaning, stabilization ...

This otherworldly region of Turkey, Cappadocia, is peppered with thousands ... through the region and climbing on the delicate, rock-hewn structures has taken its toll. In 2010, preservationists ...

Hewn from living rock (that is, rock that remains part of ... Temple of Ramses II in Egypt or the modest monk cells of Cappadocia’s “fairy chimneys,” these buildings all have one thing ...

Blanchard was the senior pastor at Rock Church International in Virginia Beach at the time of his arrest. The Chesterfield County Police Special Victims Unit said the suspects believed they were ...