About a week ago one of the big stories was that ISIS was destroying ancient Assyrian artifacts in Iraq…….the competent world was aghast.
As a history buff especially the Middle East, I was appalled at the wonton destruction of history by ISIS….I also said at the time that, to me they did not appear to be the genuine relics, that they were too difficult to break up for them to be sandstone………
Iraq went from the “cradle of civilization” to the “cradle of barbarism”………
I am pleased to see that my observations were not inaccurate…..others seem to agree with me……
Were mere copies of Iraq’s national treasures destroyed? | Middle East | DW.DE | 11.03.2015.
Let’s hope so.
The vid showed the a/holes working with hammers and drills…..sandstone is not that hard…..I am sure they are destroying stuff but not in the vid…..