Considering the size of the Obelisk of Axum, it is truly amazing that it was transported between continents twice during the last 100 years. However, for many people in Ethiopia, the return of the... »

Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by serflac, atimian and 2 others

Plate tectonics is not a spectator activity. The Afar Depression, for example, pulls apart at the staggering rate of less than an inch per year. Given 30 million years, however, even slow... »

Geological Oddities | Edited by A Facebook user and atimian

In the North of Ethiopia, hours from any populated areas, is a vast expanse of brutal landscape unlike anywhere else in the world. Dallol, in the Danakil Depression, is a boiling, salt-formed... »

Natural Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities | Edited by serflac, atimian and 3 others

Located in the Danakil Depression (or Afar Depression) in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia, it is one of the driest, lowest and hottest places on earth. At best the region is 77 °F and at... »

Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities, Intriguing Environs | Edited by Dylan and atimian

Situated in the small town of Lalibela in Ethiopia, which is home to eleven monolothic churches (or rock-hewn churches, each carved entirely out of a single block of granite with its roof at... »

Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Madiha Bataineh and Nicholas Jackson

When young Saint Gebre Mesqel Lalibela was born into the Zagwe Dynasty in Ethiopia, the town of Lalibela was known as Roha. The name Lalibela was given to the young boy when he was surrounded by a... »

Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Dylan