From the Guardian, the first piece of a huge 1,700-year-old granite obelisk was returned home from Italy to Ethiopia yesterday, 68 years after it was looted by the troops of the fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
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Italy promised in writing – in the 1947 Peace Treaty – to return the obelisk (looted ...
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The Monumental Stelae of Aksum (3rd–4th Century) … Article on the ancient city’s most...
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Foundations of Aksumite Civilization and Its Christian Legacy (1st–7th century) … Images, m...
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About the ruins of the ancient city of Aksum are found close to Ethiopia’s northern border....
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Website provides a history of the city, information on the Ark and its final resting place, what ...
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The Shire District Archaeological Survey Project returned to the Indasellassie region, north-west...