A year ago, the Italian government dismantled the Axum Obelisk to return it to its rightful owner, Ethiopia. However, the obelisk is still lying in pieces in a military warehouse, near Rome's ...

The much talked about homecoming of the Axum obelisk will begin with the arrival ... held at the national palace in Addis Ababa, to help Ethiopia to cover costs related with the return of obelisk.

The long-awaited return to Ethiopia of the third century Axum obelisk from Italy has again been delayed - this time "indefinitely". The first piece was due on Wednesday but the Italian culture ...

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 ...

Ethiopians say they are shocked and dismayed that the return of their famed Axum obelisk from Italy has once again been postponed. Italy, which took the ancient monument from Ethiopia as a prize ...

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 ...

The obelisk is the second largest one on the Axum World Heritage site in Ethiopia. Transported to Rome by the troops of Mussolini in 1937, it was returned by the Italian government in April 2005.

Seven decades after the 1,700-year-old Aksum obelisk was removed by Italian troops from northern Ethiopia, UNESCO-sponsored work to relocate the monument to its original site has begun.

At the request of the Ethiopian and Italian governments, UNESCO will send an evaluation team to Aksum, in northern Ethiopia, to prepare the return of its celebrated obelisk. The obelisk has been in ...

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 ...

ADDIS ABABA, April 8 (AFP) — After decades of wrangling and weeks of uncertainty, Ethiopia’s famed Axum obelisk will finally begin its journey home next week as the first piece of the 160 ...