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1. Zagwe Dynasty

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   The Zagwe Dynasty is most renowned for its ambitious and singular approach to religious construction. Unlike previous rulers who favored carved stelae or constructed edifices atop existing structures, the Zagwe kings undertook the monumental task of carving entire churches downward into monolithic blocks of volcanic tuff $[6]$.
   The Zenith of this activity occurred under Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (r. c. 1181–1221). He commissioned the eleven famous monolith…