In 2005, the Obelisk of Axum was returned to Ethiopia nearly 70 years after being looted by Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Show more In 2005, the pieces of an ancient monument were ...

In 1995, a NOVA team dared to demonstrate firsthand what has mystified historians for millennia: how to raise an obelisk using only materials and techniques the ancient Egyptians might have used.

ST. LOUIS – There is new hope that a toppled statue at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis can be restored. It comes as the ...

Ramses II also erected the 79-foot-tall pylon and a pair of pink granite obelisks. Only one obelisk remains; the French removed the other, which now stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

Union Protectiva de Santa Fe — a fraternal organization created in 1915 to preserve what it says are the language, traditions, history, folklore and culture of Santa Fe — filed a lawsuit in 2021 ...

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Silent Sam, an eight-foot-tall commemorative statue of a Confederate soldier, dominated the main entrance of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for more than a century. Despite ...

Axum is home to the ancient Axumite Kingdom, and it is a significant symbol of Ethiopia as an origin to one of the oldest civilisations. Ethiopian currently serves 20 domestic destinations ...

The war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo has been thrown deeper into chaos as confusion surrounded the fate of its president. Laurent Kabila was shot twice by a bodyguard on Tuesday.

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Trees were toppled and debris was strewn over vehicles in Unicoi County, Tennessee, on Sunday, September 29, after Hurricane Helene wrecked havoc across several states. The number of storm-related ...

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