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 ...

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.

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.

But if there’s going to be a global debate over Italy and cultural patrimony, he has three words to contribute: “Obelisk of Axum.” The Obelisk of Axum is an elaborately inscribed stone ...

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.

Although Ethiopia was not colonised, Italians invaded the country and carried away the 1700-year-old Obelisk of Axum in the 1930s to Rome on the orders of Benito Mussolini, reconstructed it there ...

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 ...

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 ...

An Ethiopian official says the first portion of the ancient Axum obelisk will be returned home next week after being taken to Rome 70 years ago. Ethiopian Culture Minister Teshome Toga told ...

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 ...