Standing ramrod-straight while others are bending due to structural wear, weather, and many years, the giant obelisks of Ethiopia’s Axum (or Aksum), sitting 1,000 kilometres north of Addis Ababa, are ...

The first piece of a huge 1,700-year-old granite obelisk was returned home from Italy to Ethiopia yesterday, 68 years after it was looted by the troops of the fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini ...

Ethiopians say they are shocked and dismayed that the return of their famed Axum obelisk from Italy has once again been postponed. Italy, which took the ancient monument from Ethiopia as a prize of ...

The covered hole in Axum, where the obelisk will be returned to. More than 60 years ago Benito Mussolini’s soldiers marched into Axum, in northern Ethiopia and made off with one of the country’s most ...

Addis Abeba — The inauguration of re-erection of Axum Obelisk which stayed in Italy for 70 years will be colorfully celebrated in Axum town in Tigray regional State. Over 30 Italian delegations are ...

Ethiopian Minister of Culture Teshome Toga said on Friday that the remaining two segments of the 24m obelisk, believed to be at least 1700 years old, were expected to be transported back to the ...

Paris - Ethiopia's famed Axum obelisk is to be re-installed at its original site next month, 70 years after the 1 700-year-old treasure was removed by Italian troops, the UN Educational, Scientific, ...

The obelisks mark the graves of Axum's ancient rulers In northern Ethiopia, in the once-great city of Axum, final preparations are under way for the return of one of Africa's most remarkable ...

The first section of a 1,700-year old stone obelisk looted by Italy nearly 70 years ago has arrived back in Ethiopia. The Axum obelisk is regarded as one of Ethiopia's national religious treasures. An ...

Addis Abeba — The inauguration of re-erection of Axum Obelisk which stayed in Italy for 70 years will be colourfully celebrated in Axum town in Tigray regional State. Over 30 Italian delegations are ...