Tigrai is Ethiopia’s northern most state, bordering on Eritrea to the
north and Sudan to the west. Tigrai is known as “the cradle of
Ethiopian civilization” and the country’s “architectural workshop” with
a rich cultural and religious heritage dating back to the time of King
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, and to at least the first millennium
BC. A visit to Ethiopia is not complete without stopping in Tigrai to
explore the rock-hewn churches, ancient monasteries, underground
palaces, imperial tombs, countless stone inscriptions, and unique
pre-Christian obelisks. The region’s 120+ rock-hewn churches, most
concentrated in the Wukro-Gheralta corridor, constitute the core of
Tigrai’s open air museum