Foreword by Professor Michael GerversIntroduction: The Structural Characteristics of Christian BasilicasPart I -- The Ruins of the Ancient Aksumite Basilicas (4th-7th c.)Part II -- The Architecture of Ethiopia's 8th-12th century (post-Aksumite) BasilicasModified/Edified Basilicas Subterranean /Hypogeal BasilicasSemi-monolithic Basilicas Later BasilicasPart III -- The Architecture of the Medieval Basilicas of EthiopiaBasilicas constructed in Caves Monolithic Basilicas in LalibelaThe Last Ethiopian Basilicas GLOSSARYBIBLIOGRAPHY