article_snippet: Carved into the sandstone Gheralta mountains up to 1,600 years ago
article_snippet: , this is an extraordinary network of Ethiopian cave churches.
article_snippet: Network of Christian places of worship was carved into the rock in Tigray between the 5th and 15th centuries and painted with frescoes.
article_snippet: Abune Yemata Guh church: This is one of the extraordinary Christian places of worship carved into the sandstone Gheralta mountains in Ethiopia .
article_snippet: But families have brought families newborn babies there to be baptised, while corpses have been carried up to be buried on the mountain.
article_snippet: Also featured in the images taken by photographer Olivier Grunewald are the churches of Abune Abraham, Mariam Korkor and Abune Michael Kebe.
article_snippet: The mountains are located about 500 miles north of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, and are around 60 miles south of the border with Eritrea.
article_snippet: Also pictured is the interior of Abune Abraham church (right)
highlights_snippet: Network of Christian places of worship was carved into the rock in Tigray between 5th and 15th centuries .
  