Khaled Al-Asaad was beheaded in 2015 after refusing to lead ISIS to ancient artifacts from Palmyra that he had hidden in a secure location.
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Talking Digital Colonialism with Morehshin Allahyari
In her new performance lecture title “Physical Tactics for Digital Colonialism,” Allahyari explores what it means for data to be colonized.
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Michael Rakowitz Recreates a Sculpture Destroyed by ISIS for London’s Trafalgar Square
The latest fourth plinth commission is a full-scale recreation of a winged bull sculpture from 700 BCE entirely clad in Iraqi date cans.
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Palmyra’s Ancient Lion of Al-lāt, Smashed by ISIS, Is Restored and Back On View
The 2,000-year old statue, which for decades greeted visitors to the Palmyra museum before it was smashed by ISIS militants, has been restored in Damascus.
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Iconic 12th-Century Mosque Destroyed During Battle of Mosul
The Grand Al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul was destroyed as Iraqi forces were poised to retake the major Iraqi city that has been under ISIS control since 2014.
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Satellite Imagery Suggests ISIS Destroyed Two More Ancient Sites in Palmyra
The historic architecture of Palmyra continues to be destroyed by terror groups.
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ISIS Leveled Ancient Assyrian Ziggurat
New satellite images show that the 140-foot-tall mud brick structure was decimated, likely by bulldozers, over the last three months.
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Slick Replica of Palmyra’s Triumphal Arch Arrives in New York, Prompting Questions [UPDATED]
A replica of Palmyra’s ancient Arch of Triumph, built by Romans and destroyed last year by ISIS militants, is on a world tour.
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Aerial Photos of Palmyra Show Extent of Damage Done by ISIS
Working with the Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM), a team of digital surveyors have shared what it describes as some of the first images and videos to emerge from Palmyra since the ousting of ISIS in late March.
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ISIS Destroys Two Gates in Ancient City of Nineveh [UPDATED]
Members of ISIS have destroyed two large gates in Iraq’s ancient city of Nineveh, which once served as the capital of the Neo-Assyrian empire.
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Excavating the Forgotten History of Palmyra
Palmyra is routinely presented as a city of ruins that had been left to decay naturally for 1700 years, until ISIS came. In fact, the ancient site was continuously inhabited until the early 1930s.
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What’s the Value of Recreating the Palmyra Arch with Digital Technology?
Seven months after ISIS destroyed Palmyra’s 1,800-year-old Arch of Triumph, the structure has risen once more — this time 2,800 miles away from the ancient city, in London’s bustling Trafalgar Square.