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Ethiopia image gallery (20)

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  1. Two robed men on the steps of the patterned church of Beta Giorgis, hewn from rock

    robed men on steps, Ethiopia

    by Frances Linzee Gordon

  2. Children playing table football.
  3. Two Karo people with elaborate body painting from the Kolcho village.

    Karo people, body painting, Ethiopia

    by Ariadne Van Zandbergen

  4. Boy poles his schoolfriends across Blue Nile on papyrus canoe.
  5. Crowds join in Coptic Easter celebrations.
  6. Blue Nile Falls.

    Blue Nile Falls, Ethiopia

    by Patrick Syder

  7. Colourful pastel walled buildings.
  8. A bronze statue of the Lion of Judah, symbolising the Imperial dynasty, in the forecourt of the railway station

    statue of Lion of Judah, Ethiopia

    by Frances Linzee Gordon

  9. Debre Birhan Sellassie Church.
  10. A local woman takes a break from tea picking near the town of Gore, Ilubabor

    woman takes a break, Ilubabor

    by Frances Linzee Gordon

  11. Fasilidas's Palace.

    Fasilidas's Palace, Ethiopia

    by Frances Linzee Gordon

  12. Clouds hover over the mile-deep Blue Nile Gorge, viewed from half way up the southern escarpment
  13. A priest exits through the stone doorway in a rock cliff face; the main entrance to the well-concealed church of Abuna Yemata, near Hawsien
  14. The dome of the church of St Mary of Zion surrounded by forest and bathed in the light of a sunset

    dome of church, St Mary, Ethiopia

    by Frances Linzee Gordon

  15. People on the platform and a waiting train at the railway station, built by the French in 1929, providing a connection with the coast

    People on the platform, Ethiopia

    by Frances Linzee Gordon

  16. The 22m Great Stele in Northern Stelae Park, believed to be the largest single block of stone that humans have tried to erect. Scholars believe it toppled over while being erected.
  17. Ancient frescoes in Bet Maryam church (St Mary's), believed to be the oldest rock-hewn church in Lalibela.
  18. Lalibela from Ashetan Maryam.
  19. Gelada primates (Theropithecus gelada) on plain.

    Gelada primates on plain, Ethiopia

    by Frances Linzee Gordon

  20. Bet Giyorgis (Place of George) rock-hewn church.

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