The obelisk was surrounded by scaffolding for reassembly
Ethiopia is celebrating the unveiling of the reassembled Axum obelisk, one of the country's greatest treasures.
The obelisk, at least 1,700 years old, was looted by Italian troops in the 1930s and returned to Ethiopia in 2005.
A giant Ethiopian flag was removed from the obelisk in front of what organisers said was a crowd of tens of thousands in the ancient northern town of Axum.
The ceremony is the last big event of Ethiopia's millennium year, the year 2000 by the country's Coptic calendar.
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Friday, September 05, 2008