AXUM, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Ethiopians cheered on Thursday as a 1,700-year-old giant stone obelisk taken to Italy by fascist invaders in the 1930s was restored to its historic site ...

Addis Ababa — Various individuals and organizations have pledged to give over 10 million birr to support the return of Axum Obelisk, scheduled to return home from Italy beginning end of this month.

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 ...

A precious piece of Ethiopia's archaeological heritage will soon return home. Italy has agreed to return a 1,700-year-old obelisk that dictator Benito Mussolini ordered seized from Ethiopia in 1937.

ROME — What Ethiopian Ambassador Mengistu Hulluka can’t figure out is why influential Italians even want the 80-foot carved granite pillar that stands, without any identification, at a smoggy Rome ...

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 ...

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