Axum
Americannoun
noun
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Zeresenay Alemseged doesn’t remember the 1974 discovery of the famous fossil Lucy at Hadar in Ethiopia, because he was 5 years old, living 600 kilometers away in Axum.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024
It has also undertaken two high-profile restitutions from its colonial past: In 2005, Italy returned to Ethiopia the massive, 160-ton Axum Obelisk, which Mussolini ordered sent to Rome in 1937 after his troops overran Ethiopia.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2023
The pictures and videos, verified by The Post, show Eritrean soldiers strolling through the town of Axum in northern Tigray.
From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2023
Aid workers in Axum and Shire said they saw several trucks and dozens of cars packed with Eritrean soldiers on Thursday leaving toward the border town of Sheraro.
From Reuters • Dec. 30, 2022
In an angle of this platform where the temple stood, is the present small church of Axum.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon
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