The Results of New Studies of the Rock-Hewn Churches of the Historical Regions of Endärta and Tämben (Tigray Region, Ethiopia)

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200923.008How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Ethiopia, Tigray, rock-hewn, churches, Endärta, Tämben, Sähart

Abstract

The article is devoted to the results of new research carried out in Tigray (Ethiopia) in October 2019. The focus is on rock-hewn churches located in the southern part of the region, in historical areas Tämben and Sähart (Endärta). These are the churches: Wuqro Yohannes Wäldä Nägwädgwad, Abunä Samuʼel ʽ Abiy ʽAddi and Maryam Gunfan. They belong to different types. According to a number of features, the churches of Yohannes Wäldä Nägwädgwad and Abunä Samuʼel ʽAbbiy ʽAddi seem to be one of the earliest in Tämben. Maryam Gunfan, on the contrary, is the most characteristic of the late cave-type churches for the Sähart (Endärta) area. The purpose of this article is to consider new material collected during the expedition, solving typological issues and dating of these monuments.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sergey Klyuev
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/09/23
TI  - The Results of New Studies of the Rock-Hewn Churches of the Historical Regions of Endärta and Tämben (Tigray Region, Ethiopia)
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Architecture: Heritage, Traditions and Innovations (AHTI 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 38
EP  - 46
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200923.008
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200923.008
ID  - Klyuev2020
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