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Ethiopia

Climbing with monks to their remote cave monasteries in Tigray, which have been hidden in the mountains since the 5th century.
May 2015.

Monks climbing to their monastery. Debre Damo, Tigray.
Danakil. Photo by Ted Trager.
Maryam Korkor Photograph by Jan Cieślikiewicz. Some of Jan's other photos from this trip can be seen on this article on his work in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/feb/10/jan-cieslikiewicz-photographer-null-hypothesis
Near Ahmed Ela

Climbing to a cave monastery. Photo by Ted Trager.