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The Unfinished History of the Aksum Obelisk Return Struggle
http://www.ethiopiaonline.net/obelisk/tribune/13-06-97.html
Dr. Richard Pankhurst provides the story of the Aksum Obelisk looted by Fascist Italy in 1937, and not returned in accordance with the Italian Peace Treaty of 1947 and the bilateral Ethio-Italian Obelisk agreement of 1997.
The Monumental Stelae of Aksum (3rd4th Century)
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/aksu_2/hd_aksu_2.htm
Article on the ancient city's most renowned surviving monuments, a group of memorial obelisks in a great variety of form and scale.
The Axum Obelisk
http://www.ethioembassy.org.uk/fact%20file/a-z/Looted%20Treasure/The%20Axum%20Obelisk.htm
Italy promised in writing - in the 1947 Peace Treaty - to return the obelisk to Axum and is closer than ever to doing so. Past technical difficulties have been overcome.
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/18
UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps and a description of the site.
Older than Egypt is Ethiopia
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/652/heritage.htm
From Al-Ahram, Ethiopia, the very cradle of mankind, the material evidence of its ancient civilisation alone attests to its former glory.
Obelisk Returned to Ethiopia After 68 Years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/apr/20/italy.ethiopia
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.
Lucy Fossil Cleared for U.S. Tour
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15401398/
MSNBC article reports that Ethiopia will send 2-million-year-old 'Lucy to the Houston Museum of Natural Science in 2007.
Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1189
UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a justification for inscription.
Foundations of Aksumite Civilization and Its Christian Legacy (1st7th century A.D.)
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/aksu_1/hd_aksu_1.htm
Images, maps, and text describing Aksum.
Combating the Destruction of Ethiopia's Archaeological Heritage: Continued
http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/phillips/index.html
The Shire District Archaeological Survey Project returned to the Indasellassie region, north-western administrative zone of Tigray, northern Ethiopia in December 2003. Antiquity Vol 78 No 302 December 2004.
Axum and the Ark of the Covenant
http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/africa/ethiopia/axum.php
Provides a history of the city, information on the Ark and its final resting place, what can be seen and when to visit.
Aksum
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/15
UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps and a description of the ancient city.
Adi Ainawalid
http://www2.sfu.ca/archaeology-old/dept/fac_bio/dandrea/adi.htm
Brief description of an ethnoarchaeological research project in the Ethiopian Highlands. Features map and photographs of fieldwork.