the rock cut church of st George in the ancient city Lalibela in Ethiopia built in the 12 century to be the new Jerusalem

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Ethiopia is Africa's oldest independent country and its second largest in terms of population. It has a unique cultural heritage, and is the home of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which is one of the oldest Christian churches in the world. Ethiopia is one of the oldest locations of human life known to scientists and is widely considered to be the region from which Homo Sapiens emerged Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked countries in the world, and is the second-most populated nation on the African continent The majority of Ethiopia lies in the Horn of Africa, and within the country can be found the Simien mountains which is a vast highland complex of mountains and dissected plateaus divided by the great rift valley which runs generally southwest to northeast in total Ethiopia occupies an area of 1,100,000 square kilometers (420,000 sq miles). This photograph shows the rock cut church of st George in the ancient city Lalibela in Ethiopia which was built in the 12 century to be the new Jerusalem

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Location: lalibela ethiopia
Photo credit: © ANDREW WRIGHTING / Alamy / Afripics
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