A priest reads a manuscript by the light of a doorway in Wukro Maryam church,
which was excavated between 1350 and 1450 — although some historians claim
certain features date back 2,000 years. The church was once surrounded
by troglodyte hermitages and drew its wealth from the salt caravan route; its
name comes from the word ‘wkr’, meaning ‘to dig’ in the local Agaw language.
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ETHIOPIA