Debra Damo, view of the main church and tower from the southwest, 1993. The tower has undergone considerable alteration since it was recorded by the Deutsche Aksum-Expedition in 1906 (cf. Littmann et al. 1913, 2: Abb. 343).

Debre Damo, Tigray, Ethiopia

69 Debra Damo, view of the main church and tower from the southwest, 1993. The tower has undergone considerable alteration since it was recorded by the Deutsche Aksum-Expedition in 1906 (cf. Littmann et al. 1913, 2: Abb. 343).David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), fig. 69

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Date of image: 1993
Creator: David W. Phillipson
Place: Debre Damo, Tigray, Ethiopia
Source: David W. Phillipson — Ancient Churches of Ethiopia (2009)
Book: Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries
Source reference: David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), p. 56, fig. 69.
Page: 56
Type: Book illustration

Debre Damo. Regional identification and exact caption follow the reviewed publication source ledger.

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