These two pictures were on either side of an entrance. It's interesting how the same thing is portrayed so differently:
Mary and Jesus
Mary and Jesus
Other cultures have built churches high to be closer to God. The idea behind carving into rock is that Jesus was buried in rock, in his tomb, only to rise three days later. They commemorate that by carving deep down.
In Axum, there is a church that is said to have the ark of the covenant. Ummm, yeah right, sure thing. Instead, I saw some cool old stuff.
And bought a basket from this cute little lady.
All in all, Axum wasn't amazing.
But Gondor was pretty cool. It is described as 'Africa's Camelot' except, ya know, this one is real. Being so old, I was amazed by how intact it all was.
- Sent from Africa using my iPad
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