The first of three parts of the Aksum obelisk arrived in Ethiopia by airplane on April 19. The two other pieces of the obelisk, which has been in Rome since 1937, will be sent to Aksum (a World ...
AKSUM, Ethiopia -- Ato Gebrmedihin, who estimates his age at about 90, remembers when Italy's invading army in 1937 looted this ancient city's 1,700-year-old, intricately carved obelisk, on the orders ...
Works to begin the re-installation of the Aksum Obelisk, also known as Stele 2, in its original location will start June 4th at the World Heritage site in Aksum, Ethiopia. The three pieces of the ...
AKSUM, Ethiopia -- More than 60 years ago, Seguare Abaye and thousands of other Ethiopians watched as Italian invaders carted away a towering 1,700-year-old stone monument to the country's glorious ...
Shortly after this, on 1 July 2002, members of the Ethiopian community in Washington, organised by Andrew Lawrence, demonstrated in front of the Italian Embassy. Immediately afterwards, Rita and I ...
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