Obelisk on its Way Back from Rome to Ethiopia

Obelisk on its Way Back from Rome to Ethiopia



1.Obelisk on its Way Back from Rome to Ethiopia

Description:10-11-2003 · After a campaign lasting 50 years, a granite
obelisk cut into pieces and taken by Mussolini's troops in 1937 from Axum
in Ethiopia to Italy, is to be returned,



2.The Axum Obelisk - Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic ...

Description:... the UN 's FAO headquarters in Rome to its ... joined when
the obelisk arrived in Rome," said ... old Axum obelisk has arrived back
in Ethiopia, ...



3.Obelisk of Axum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Description:The Obelisk of Axum is a 1,700-year-old, 24-metre-tall
(79-foot) granite stele/obelisk, weighing 160 tonnes, in the city of Axum
in Ethiopia. It is ornamented with ...



4.The Axum Obelisk in Rome

Description:The Anglo-Ethiopian Society The Axum Obelisk in Rome ...
monument for shipment back to Ethiopia ... round the corner on their way
to the Via dell'Impero in Rome.



5.BBC NEWS | Africa | Obelisk points to ancient Ethiopian glory

Description:In northern Ethiopia, ... The obelisk in Rome is one of the
tallest ... Axum first rose to prominence in the 1st Century AD trading
its rich natural resources ...



6.BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia keenly awaits obelisk's return

Description:Ethiopia keenly awaits obelisk's ... has carefully dismantled
the obelisk and sent it in pieces to Rome military ... it will be winging
its way back to ...



7.Axum Obelisk - CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT

Description:To Rome and back: The return of an obelisk . ... sections of
the 'Axum Obelisk' arrived back in Ethiopia. ... Italy of its obligation
to return the obelisk, ...



8.Looted Axum Obelisk to return home to Ethiopia - Elginism

Description:The Axum Obelisk was taken from Ethiopia by ... Plans are now
under-way to return it back to its ... ALAN FREEMAN reports from Rome By
ALAN ...



9.Ethiopians welcome back ancient obelisk

Description:... United Nations of 1947 that in a way Ethiopia was ...
However, during its display in Rome, ... the obelisk "a wound on the
Ethiopian psyche ...



10.In Italy Online - Chasing Obelisks in Rome

Description:It made its way here in the 16th ... agreeing to return the
hostage to the country's erstwhile "protectorate," Ethiopia. ... for
obelisks in Rome, ...