Lalibela Rock Churches

Event archaeological Middle East

Lalibela Rock Churches

1181 CE – 1221 CE

Eleven monolithic churches carved directly downward into volcanic rock in highland…

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Standing in 1181 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Hadramaut Polity · Middle East 323 BCE – 1700 CE Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Dead Sea Landmark · Middle East 3000 BCE – still standing Wadi Rum Landmark · Middle East 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

1180 CE Genpei War 1180 CE Nan Madol 1180 CE Borgund Stave Church 1180 CE Benin City 1181 CE Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela 1181 CE Angkor Thom