Boxed stele. (Updated over a year ago)

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ETHIOPIAN AXUMITE Anonymous (c. 100 BCE - c. 700): This stele was 26 meters high. The Italians looted it and took it to Rome. It was finally returned to Ethiopia in 2205. The stele was cut into 3 pieces and boxed, then sent by air on the largest cargo plane available.

Tags: ancient , architecture , ethiopian , ethiopian axumite

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 25, 2007.

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