Klyuev, Sergey A. The History of the Study of Rock-Hewn Churches in the Temben District,Tigray Region, Ethiopia

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Title The History of the Study of Rock-Hewn Churches in the Temben District,Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Author email serjklyuvue@yandex.ru
About author Klyuev, Sergey Andreevich — researcher. The Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning, Dushinskaya ul., 9, 111024 Moscow, Russian Federation.
In the section Art of Africa DOI10.18688/aa200-6-69
Year 2020 Volume 10 Pages 729–738
Type of article RAR Index UDK 72.033 Index BBK 85.113(3)
Abstract

The article is devoted to the history of the study of rock-hewn churches of the Temben district in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia. The text provides an overview of the relatively small number of publications on this topic. Particular attention has been paid to the approaches of various authors to the classification and dating of the monuments. Mainly, local monuments are little-known, despite their preliminary lists compiled at the turn of 1960s —1970s. The historical interest in the rock-hewn churches of Tigray and especially of the Temben region is currently increasing and the comprehensive study of these churches is yet to be made.
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Reference Klyuev, Sergey A. The History of the Study of Rock-Hewn Churches in the Temben District,Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 10. Ed: A. V. Zakharova, S. V. Maltseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova. — Lomonosov Moscow State University / St. Petersburg: NP-Print, 2020, pp. 729–738. ISSN 2312-2129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa200-6-69
Publication Article language russian
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