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 ...

The 1,000-year-old obelisk of Axum, which was brought to Italy after fascist dictator Benito Mussolini’s 1937 invasion of Ethiopia, stands upright in the heart of downtown Rome, on July 21 ...

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 ...

and the ancient Obelisk of Axum that was returned to Ethiopia by Italy in 2005 nearly 70 years after it was looted. Africa’s advances in medicine and agriculture were also significant ...

When the obelisk was returned to the northern Ethiopian town of Axum, thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate. That great Obelisk of Axum sat in Rome for years, before it was brought ...

Theo Eshetu, The Return of the Axum Obelisk (2009) Courtesy of the artist Overall, the exhibition provides an interesting and rare look at Byzantine rule and influence in parts of the African ...

It has also undertaken two high-profile restitutions from its colonial past: In 2005, Italy returned to Ethiopia the massive, 160-ton Axum Obelisk, which Mussolini ordered sent to Rome in 1937 ...

“It’s important because Meloni visited Ethiopia recently." He pointed out that Rome had tried to reconcile with Ethiopia by returning the Obelisk of Axum, which was taken in 1937. While Italy's ...

It is imperative that looted artefacts be returned to their country of origin. The Axum Obelisk, a 1,700-year-old artefact, was returned to Ethiopia with much fanfare from Italy in 2005 after a ...