The ancient theatre at Sabratha, one of the sites under threat from ISIS militants. Duimdog
Jack Moore, Newsweek: The Ancient Sites Now Under Threat From ISIS in Libya
Armed with sledgehammers, chisels and a video camera, ISIS militants took their propaganda campaign to Mosul museum last month, destroying statues and artifacts, dating back to the ancient Assyrian and Akkadian empires, and posting the results online and in slow motion.
The terror group’s impetuous destruction of statues and artefacts in Iraq’s second city, which it has controlled since its march across the Sunni-majority northern regions of Iraq last summer, has caused dismay within the archaeological community.
WNU Editor: And considering what is happening to Iraq's and Syria's ancient sites .... these concerns are justified.
2 comments:
If every region does its own manufacturing, how would a region get a little extra money without force?
Tourism.
You would not want tourism to be a large part of your economy for a mid sized to large country. But %% or 105 would not be bad.
But there is competition in tourism.
There is culture/cuisine, naturescapes, beaches and then there is history.
If you get rid of the past, WTF go there?
These Islamicist make Skynet look like a good idea.
The lack of all of these historical artifacts will make it less painful when we finally nuke the entire region.
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