- the
historical and
religious site was
named Lalibela after the King
Gebre Mesqel Lalibela of the
Zagwe dynasty, who
commissioned its construction. He is...
-
reached the city of
Lalibela in Ethiopia,
where they met
Emperor Gebre Mesqel Lalibela. He was the last Pope of the
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria...
- by
tradition these were made
during the
reign of the
Zagwe ruler Gebre Mesqel Lalibela in the 12th century, but they were more
likely crafted in the 15th...
-
Lalibela (Ge'ez: ላሊበላ),
regnal name
Gebre Meskel (Ge'ez: ገብረ መስቀል, romanized: gäbrä mäsqäl, lit. 'Servant of the Cross'), was a king of the
Zagwe dynasty...
- to
having been
built during the
reign of the
Zagwe dynasty ruler Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (r. ca. 1181–1221).
Archaeological analyses have
discerned that...
- ṣiyōn, Amharic: አምደ ፅዮን āmde ṣiyōn, "Pillar of Zion"),
throne name
Gebre Mesqel (ገብረ መስቀል gäbrä mäsḳal, "Servant of the Cross"), was
Emperor of Ethiopia...
- calendar, or on 28
September in leap years). "Meskel" (or "Meskal" or "
Mesqel",
there are
various ways to
transliterate from Ge'ez to
Latin script) is...
- George.
Tradition credits its
construction to the
Zagwe dynasty King
Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, who was a
devout Orthodox Tewahedo Christian. The
medieval monolithic...
- One
tradition traces it to the 6th century, in the time of King
Gebre Mesqel of Axum, son of King Kaleb, when the war
between Jews and
Christians ended...
- have been
built during the
Zagwe dynasty,
under the rule of King
Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (r. ca. 1181–1221 AD),
although it is more
likely that they evolved...
