Single, solid block of a weather-resistant stone similar to granite[1]
Height
24 m (79 ft)[2]
Completion date
4th-century
Restored date
19 April 2005
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location
Ethiopia
Criteria
(i)(iv)
Inscription
1980 (4th Session)
Area
Tigray Region
Website
Official website
The Obelisk of Axum (Tigrinya: ሓወልቲ ኣኽሱም, romanized: ḥawelti Akhsum; Amharic: የአክሱም ሐውልት, romanized: Ye’Åksum ḥāwelt) is a 4th-century CE, 24-metre (79 ft) tall phonolite[3] stele, weighing 160 tonnes (160 long tons; 180 short tons), in the city of Axum in Ethiopia. It is ornamented with two false doors at the base and features decorations resembling windows on all sides. The obelisk ends in a semi-circular top, which used to be enclosed by metal frames.
^"Obelisk of Axum: History". Study.com. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
^"Italy to keep Ethiopian monument". BBC News. 2001-07-20. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
^Miruts Hagos; Koeberl, C.; Jourdan, F. (2017). "Geochemistry and Geochronology of Phonolitic and Trachytic Source Rocks of the Axum Obelisks and Other Stone Artifacts, Axum, Ethiopia". Geoheritage. 9 (4): 479–494. Bibcode:2017Geohe...9..479H. doi:10.1007/s12371-016-0199-7. S2CID 132995691.
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hunter-gatherers. They migrated out of Africa during the Last Glacial Period (Ice Age) and had populated most of the Earth by the time the Ice Age ended...
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structures of interest to tourists. Ancient historical sites include the Pyramids and temples in both Egypt and Sudan; The ObeliskofAxum from Ethiopia;...
the war crimes committed under the orders of Mussolini was the robbing of one of the so-called AxumObelisks(properly termed a 'stele' or, in the local...
Italian government to return the obelisk, an event which eventually culminated in its repatriation in 2008 to Axum, the city of its creation. The Italian firm...
M. Kobishchanov. Axum (Joseph W. Michels, editor; Lorraine T. Kapitanoff, translator). University Park, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania, 1979...
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re-erected in Greece. ObeliskofAxum moved from Ethiopia to Rome. It is returned to Ethiopia in 2005. A Civilian Conservation Corps of Navajo stonemasons...
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