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Remains of Courageous Archaeologist Beheaded by ISIS Found in Syria

by Hakim Bishara February 8, 2021February 8, 2021

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.

Posted inPodcast

Talking Digital Colonialism with Morehshin Allahyari

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian June 11, 2019April 14, 2022

In her new performance lecture title “Physical Tactics for Digital Colonialism,” Allahyari explores what it means for data to be colonized.

Michael Rakowitz, "The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist" (2018), on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth (photo © Gautier DeBlonde, courtesy the Mayor of London's Office)
Posted inArt

Michael Rakowitz Recreates a Sculpture Destroyed by ISIS for London’s Trafalgar Square

Avatar photo by Olivia McEwan April 5, 2018April 4, 2018

The latest fourth plinth commission is a full-scale recreation of a winged bull sculpture from 700 BCE entirely clad in Iraqi date cans.

Posted inIn Brief

Palmyra’s Ancient Lion of Al-lāt, Smashed by ISIS, Is Restored and Back On View

by Claire Voon October 5, 2017

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.

Posted inIn Brief

Iconic 12th-Century Mosque Destroyed During Battle of Mosul

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian June 21, 2017June 23, 2017

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.

Posted inIn Brief

Satellite Imagery Suggests ISIS Destroyed Two More Ancient Sites in Palmyra

by Claire Voon January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

The historic architecture of Palmyra continues to be destroyed by terror groups.

Posted inIn Brief

ISIS Leveled Ancient Assyrian Ziggurat

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton November 14, 2016

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]

by Claire Voon September 20, 2016September 21, 2016

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

by Claire Voon May 4, 2016May 7, 2016

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.

Posted inNews

ISIS Destroys Two Gates in Ancient City of Nineveh [UPDATED]

by Claire Voon April 26, 2016May 5, 2016

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

Avatar photo by Michael Press April 22, 2016April 21, 2016

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?

by Claire Voon April 19, 2016September 19, 2016

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.

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