TRAVEL To the living churches of an ancient kingdom. The ancient Aksumite Kingdom, now a part of Ethiopia, was among the first in the world to adopt Christianity as the official state religion. Lalibela, a town in the Lasta Amhara region, renowned for its rock-cut monolithic churches, is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has the best-known cluster of these living churches. But even far-flung regions like Tigray contain some of the most magnificent murals of the Aksumite Kingdom.
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TRAVEL To the living churches of an ancient kingdom. The ancient Aksumite Kingdom, now a part of Ethiopia, was among the first in the world to adopt Christianity as the official state religion. Lalibela, a town in the Lasta Amhara region, renowned for its rock-cut monolithic churches, is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has the best-known cluster of these living churches. But even far-flung regions like Tigray contain some of the most magnificent murals of the Aksumite Kingdom.