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.

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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