With its 900-year-old churches carved from rock, the Ethiopian town of Lalibela attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims each year.

UNESCO is worried the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela could be in peril due to the latest fighting in Ethiopia. Find out the history of this site revered by Christians and loved by tourists.

Abuna Yemata Guh is one of more than 100 rock-hewn churches in northern Ethiopia, but it’s the only one that requires climbing up a 1,000-foot cliff face to reach. Father Assefa, 64, has done it ...

Magnificent Ancient Buildings Hewn From Living Rock From towering temples to artistic tombs, humans have been carving structures from cliff faces and mountainsides for thousands of years.