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The Oldest of the Tigray Churches
There are several rock-hewn churches that make up the group Teka Tesfai but the Adi Kasho church completely fascinated me, for several reasons, one of them is the etchings on the rooftops, another is the corridor surrounding the entrance and another is its spectacular dimensions that I couldn't visit in more detail as I forgot my torch. Scholars in the field say it is the oldest church in Tigray and perhaps in all of Ethiopia and they date it as belong to the end of the 10th century or the beginning of the 11th. This leaves it very questionable what I was told about the antiquity of the church of Maryam Bezuhan.
As usual in these churches, each is to seek the priest in the village so he can show it to you, so yes, always upon payment, in this case 100 birr for this church is certainly well deserved but for others it seemed excessive. To access these churches of Teka Tesfai you just have to get on any bus or truck in Wukro going north (Adigrat) and tell the driver to let you know in the beginning of the road leading to them, nothing more dive in, as if by magic kids appear and offer to be a guide in exchange for a tip and that will lead to them besides going alerting each priest.
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