2001-08-12 04:00:00 PDT Aksum, Ethiopia-- It took dozens of elephants, winches and hundreds, if not thousands, of men to build the giant granite obelisks that dominate this village like skyscrapers.

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 ...

AKSUM, Ethiopia – It took dozens of elephants, winches and hundreds, if not thousands, of men to build the giant granite obelisks that dominate this village like skyscrapers. Two thousand years ...

Italy has returned the first of three sections of Ethiopia's famous Axum obelisk, nearly 70 years after it was looted by Italian troops under dictator Benito Mussolini. Ethiopia's long wait for ...

Axum - Ethiopia on Thursday unveiled its famed Axum Obelisk after more than three years of work to re-erect the 150-ton stelar plundered by fascist Italy 70 years ago and returned only in 2005. Prime ...

Ethiopia's famed Axum obelisk is to be reinstalled at its original site next month, 70 years after the 1,700-year-old treasure was removed by Italian troops, UNESCO said on Thursday. The UN ...

in northern Ethiopia, to prepare the return of its celebrated obelisk. The obelisk has been in Rome since 1937. UNESCO will draw up the re-installation project for the obelisk and the development of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Part of the Axum Obelisk is returned to Ethiopia The 80 ft obelisk has stood in Rome's city centre since it was plundered in 1937 but is being returned piece by piece. Italy is paying the entire ...