From the 2,000-year-oldTemple of Baalshaminto thecity of Nimrud, ISIS has destroyed countless monuments and relics. Now archaeologists from Harvard and Oxford have teamed up with UNESCO World Heritage and the epigraphical database project at New York University’s Institute for the Study of th...
One time treasures of antiquity are slowly being destroyed by ISIS shelling. CBS News When shelling damaged a museum in his hometown, volunteer Ayman Inabu led a team to protect its invaluable contents. "Antiquities represent our heritage, our identity," said Inabu. "Those who have no histor...
A beheaded and mutilated statue in the destroyed museum in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra on March 31, 2016.
which is an Unesco world heritage site, is one of the most significant ruins in the Middle East. Their fears weren’t unfounded—when the city was recaptured from the terrorist group in March, researchers found theyhad destroyed some of the site’s most iconic landmarks, including the T...
In August of last year, many of the most precious landmarks of the ancient city of Palmyra were damaged or destroyed by the forces of ISIS in a violent, iconoclastic attempt to send a message to the rest of the world. Since the UNESCO World Heritage Site was recaptured in March, the ...
“This sign Jeremiah gave to the priests of Aegypt, predicting the future, that their idols would be destroyed and ? by a boy saviour born of a virgin, and laid in a manger.” It goes on: “Quapropter etiamvero ut deam colunt virginem puerperam, et infantem in praesepi adorant. ...
they’re not totally destroyed. You could turn them into training grounds basically, to retrieve data from what are effectively crime scenes. That is a whole new approach that could really be grasped and developed for the good of archaeology, for the good of the national archaeological service ...
International experts are diligently working on ancient ornaments and are taking every effort to preserve what has been left and “rebuild” what has been destroyed during a 10-month-long capture of the city by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISISL/ISIS) terrorists. ...
Iraq’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in 2015 that it had received reports the ancient Assyrian capital of Khorsabad had been destroyed. CNN’s Arwa Damon, Ryan Browne, Nick Paton Walsh, Paul LeBlanc, Jennifer Deaton and Salma Abdelaziz contributed to this report....
The video released on Monday shows the destroyed facade of the Roman theater and a tetrapylon which dates back to 270 AD. The video compares the state of the architectural landmark from June 6, 2016, when all four columns and the facade of the theater were intact, to their present state...