Beta Abba Libanos, view from the south, c. 1970. Since this photograph was taken, much accumulated silt has been removed from the floor of the court, and most of the vegetation shown here has been lost to erosion. Note reconstruction at east end.

Lalibela, Amhara Highlands, Ethiopia

222 Beta Abba Libanos, view from the south, c. 1970. Since this photograph was taken, much accumulated silt has been removed from the floor of the court, and most of the vegetation shown here has been lost to erosion. Note reconstruction at east end.David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), fig. 222

Source record

Date of image: c. 1970
Creator: David W. Phillipson
Place: Lalibela, Amhara Highlands, 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. 143, fig. 222.
Page: 143
Type: Book illustration

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

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