The Historian in me weeps
July 10, 2014 at 12:02 pm
(This post was last modified: July 10, 2014 at 12:03 pm by Fidel_Castronaut.)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28191181
Artefacts and some of the world's best preserved and interesting historical monuments are being systematically obliterated in Syria during the on-going civil war.
Ancient buildings being targeted by air strikes whilst ISIS fighters destroy anything they find heretical (such as Roman and Assyrian architecture and statues).
A sad end to some buildings and statues that have been standing for over two millenniums, destroyed in seconds.
Artefacts and some of the world's best preserved and interesting historical monuments are being systematically obliterated in Syria during the on-going civil war.
Ancient buildings being targeted by air strikes whilst ISIS fighters destroy anything they find heretical (such as Roman and Assyrian architecture and statues).
A sad end to some buildings and statues that have been standing for over two millenniums, destroyed in seconds.
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