Axum Obelisk

View of the Shelter Holding the Base Section of the Obelisk
The base section is still strapped to its reinforcing structure. Note the short undecorated section on the left which is all that is buried in the ground when the obelisk is erected.

Photo - © John Mellors - 2006

First Published in News File Spring 2006

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