Loot: What they Took from East and Central Africa
November 15, 2023
Ethiopia
Italian Loot
Ethiopia: The Obelisk of Axum
In 1937, Italian dictator Mussolini's troops cut the Obelisk of Axum, a 1,700-year-old granite obelisk, into three pieces and transported it to Rome, where it remained for 68 years.
