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 ...

2005-04-19 04:00:00 PDT Axum, Ethiopia-- Abebe Alemyehu was 12 when he watched Mussolini's army storm into his northern Ethiopian hometown of Axum to carry off its ancient obelisk. Today, the 81 ...

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 ...

The obelisk, which was taken down in three segments ... It was taken away from the Ethiopian city of Axum in 1937, after Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini ordered its seizure.

Axum - Ethiopia's long and frustrating wait for the return of the ancient Axum obelisk came to end on Monday as the third and final piece of the ancient massive monument arrived from Rome nearly 70 ...

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 ...

ROME, July 19 -- Italy's government decided today to send home an ancient obelisk looted from Ethiopia by Mussolini's troops in 1937 and end a long controversy over its presence in central Rome.

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 ...

For Ethiopians, he said, the ancient Axum Obelisk, looted from his country by dictator Benito Mussolini’s forces in the prelude to World War II, is a stolen symbol of national identity.

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 ...

Italy will return to Ethiopia the first piece of the ancient Axum obelisk by the end of March, a government spokesman said Tuesday, ending a dispute over the religious monument taken to Rome 70 ...