2001-08-12 04:00:00 PDT Aksum, Ethiopia-- It took dozens of elephants, winches and hundreds, if not thousands, of men to build the giant granite obelisks that dominate this village like skyscrapers.

As many as half a million people have descended on Ethiopia's sacred city of Aksum, according to its mayor, for a religious festival taking place for the first time since the civil war in the northern ...

AKSUM, Ethiopia — Ato Gebrmedihin, who estimates his age at about 90, remembers when Italy’s invading army in 1937 looted this ancient city’s 1,700-year-old, intricately carved obelisk, on the orders ...

For Ethiopia's Orthodox Christians, the ancient city of Aksum is a sacred place, home to the Biblical Queen of Sheba and Ark of the Covenant. The ark is believed to contain the 10 commandments handed ...

AKSUM, Ethiopia -- Ato Gebrmedihin, who estimates his age at about 90, remembers when Italy's invading army in 1937 looted this ancient city's 1,700-year-old, intricately carved obelisk, on the orders ...

How was Aksum captured? Shelling by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces to the west of Aksum began on Thursday 19 November, according to people in the city. "This attack continued for five hours, and was ...

Introduction -- Environmental setting -- Mapping literary sources : pre-field studies and the location of archaeological evidence -- Acquiring new data : the two survey projects, field strategies and ...

The first of three parts of the Aksum obelisk arrived in Ethiopia by airplane on April 19. The two other pieces of the obelisk, which has been in Rome since 1937, will be sent to Aksum (a World ...

A strategically important airport in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has become a key battleground between opposing forces in the current conflict. Pro-government accounts say the Ethiopian military ...