Comments on: The Rock Churches of Lalibela http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/06/01/the-rock-churches-of-lalibela/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rahere http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/06/01/the-rock-churches-of-lalibela/comment-page-1/#comment-205826 Rahere Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:50:39 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=6743#comment-205826 Aw, Patrick, and there I was keeping it quiet. Sounds like I've a blog admirer here. Aw, Patrick, and there I was keeping it quiet. Sounds like I’ve a blog admirer here.

]]> By: Patrick http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/06/01/the-rock-churches-of-lalibela/comment-page-1/#comment-205807 Patrick Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:27:51 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=6743#comment-205807 I know where the Ark of the Covenant is kept. Shhhhhhhhhh...don't tell anyone. I know where the Ark of the Covenant is kept.

Shhhhhhhhhh…don’t tell anyone.

]]> By: Rahere http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/06/01/the-rock-churches-of-lalibela/comment-page-1/#comment-205806 Rahere Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:00:34 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=6743#comment-205806 The attribution to Lalibela refers to a passage from the Khedra Nagast, an Ethipian history dating from the sixteenth Century, which suggests that Lalibela, driven into exile, may have reached Jerusalem in Crusader times (1168). It is possible that some of the Templar forces may have deserted in his support, weakening the Crusader forces at the Horns of Hattin which turned the tables in favour of Islam. It is more certain that Pope Eugenius IV commissioned the remnants of the Portuguese Templars, the Order of Christ, under Henry the Navigator, to circumnavigate Africa to investigate the Tabot legend, thereby sparking the global exploration which fed the Renaissance. The attribution to Lalibela refers to a passage from the Khedra Nagast, an Ethipian history dating from the sixteenth Century, which suggests that Lalibela, driven into exile, may have reached Jerusalem in Crusader times (1168). It is possible that some of the Templar forces may have deserted in his support, weakening the Crusader forces at the Horns of Hattin which turned the tables in favour of Islam.
It is more certain that Pope Eugenius IV commissioned the remnants of the Portuguese Templars, the Order of Christ, under Henry the Navigator, to circumnavigate Africa to investigate the Tabot legend, thereby sparking the global exploration which fed the Renaissance.

]]> By: Rahere http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/06/01/the-rock-churches-of-lalibela/comment-page-1/#comment-205805 Rahere Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:50:02 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=6743#comment-205805 The other prime site in the Ethiopian ecclesia is <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Aksum,+Central+Tigray,+Ethiopia&sll=37.579413,-95.712891&sspn=47.8759,53.261719&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FUSi1wAd4bpOAg&split=0&ll=14.129943,38.720171&spn=0.003626,0.003251&t=h&z=18" rel="nofollow">the Aksum Tabot Church</a> - the small cross-shaped building below the big dome. The other prime site in the Ethiopian ecclesia is Placemark: the Aksum Tabot Church / Google Earth – the small cross-shaped building below the big dome.

]]> By: dr.R. http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/06/01/the-rock-churches-of-lalibela/comment-page-1/#comment-205804 dr.R. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:24:53 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=6743#comment-205804 Are these people gathering close to the first church? http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=12.032731,39.038817&z=18 Are these people gathering close to the first church?
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

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