But, said Alison Phipps, professor of languages and intercultural studies at Glasgow University, "these are sacred sites and of incalculable value to the history of Christianity and its development in Ethiopia in particular.
U-Alison Phipps, uprofesa wezilimi nezifundo zamasiko e-Glasgow University, utshele iphephandaba i- The Guardian ukuthi "lezi zingosi zingcwele futhi zibaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wobuKristu nasekuthuthukisweni kwazo e-Ethiopia."