Tomb of Adam, Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

The Tomb of Adam, viewed from the west, 2006. Part of the façade of Beta Golgotha is visible in the background, with the Aksumite-style doorway which originally formed the western entrance to the court surrounding Beta Maryam.David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), p. 173, fig. 268.

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Place: Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia
Source: Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (2009)
Book: Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries
Source reference: p. 173, fig. 268.
Subject date: 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
Type: architectural plate

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Place metadata retained from the reviewed Architecture catalogue; source wording: Lalibela, Ethiopia. No camera position supplied.

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