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Debre Damo
Debre Damo is an ancient monastery on a flat-topped mountain in northern Ethiopia, reachable only by rope. One of the oldest Christian institutions in the Ethiopian highlands, it is cited in the Adal Sultanate profile among the monasteries attacked during the conquests of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim, which inflicted heavy damage on Ethiopian religious and cultural heritage.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Debre Damo. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/debre-damo
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- “Debre Damo.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/debre-damo. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Debre Damo.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/debre-damo.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Debre Damo’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/debre-damo (Accessed: ).
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