WebAn obelisk (/ ˈ ɒ b əl ɪ s k /; from Ancient Greek: ὀβελίσκος obeliskos; diminutive of ὀβελός obelos, "spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four [citation needed]-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top. Originally constructed by Ancient Egyptians and called tekhenu, the Greeks used the Greek term …

WebHistory Overview. The 'obelisk'—properly termed a stele or, in the local languages, Tigrinya: hawelt; and church Ge'ez: hawelti —is found along with many other stelae in the city of Axum in modern-day Ethiopia.The stelae were probably carved and erected during the 4th century CE by subjects of the Kingdom of Aksum, an ancient Ethiopian civilization.. …

WebAxum or Aksum (pronounced: / ˈ æ k s uː m /) is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia with a population of 66,900 residents (as of 2015).. It is the site of the historic capital of the Aksumite Empire, a naval and trading power that ruled the whole region from about 400 BCE into the 10th century. In 1980, UNESCO added Axum's archaeological sites to its …

WebThere was also an Ethiopian obelisk in Rome, the Obelisk of Axum, 24 m, placed in the Piazza di Porta Capena. It had been taken from Axum by the Italian Army during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1937. It was struck by lightning in May 2002. After being restored, it was cut into three pieces and returned to Ethiopia in April 2005.

WebItalian Ethiopia (in Italian: Etiopia italiana), also known as the Italian Empire of Ethiopia, was the territory of the Ethiopian Empire which was occupied by Italy for approximately five years. Italian Ethiopia was not an administrative entity, but the formal name of the former territory of the Ethiopian Empire which now constituted the Governorates of Amhara, …

WebStoria Henri Salt, Vista di Axum (1809-1810) Un francobollo etiope del 1958 con la stele nella destra L'obelisco in uno schizzo del 1820. La stele fu realizzata tra il I e il IV secolo dagli abitanti del Regno di Axum.In epoca moderna venne rinvenuta semi-interrata e spezzata in tre tronconi alla fine del 1935 da soldati italiani impegnati nella guerra d'Etiopia.

WebGeʽez literature properly begins with the Christianization of Eritrea and Ethiopia (and the civilization of Axum) in the 4th century, during the reign of Ezana of Axum. 5th to 7th centuries. The oldest known example of the old Geʽez script is found on the Hawulti obelisk in Matara, Eritrea.

WebAxum, Ethiopia: Kingdom of Axum - Ezana of Axum and before. The stelae were moved about 2.6 miles (4.2 km) from their quarries. They were the largest Axumite stelae to survive installation; larger attempts failed. The "Obelisk" of Axum was removed from a standing position in 1937, cut into five pieces, and taken to Rome to be re-erected.

WebObelisco di Axum, scolpito attorno al IV secolo d.C. durante il regno axumita dell'antica Etiopia, e portato in Italia dopo la guerra d'Etiopia, come bottino di guerra ed eretto a Roma nel 1937 in Piazza di Porta Capena, accanto alla sede della F.A.O.. Nel 2003 il governo italiano lo restituì all'Etiopia, e nel 2005 giunse nella città di Axum

WebGeʽez (Ge'ez: ግዕዝ, romanized: Gəʿəz, IPA: [ˈɡɨʕɨz] ()) is a script used as an abugida (alphasyllabary) for several Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa.It originated as an abjad (consonant-only alphabet) and was first used to write the Geʽez language, now the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox …