1 posted on
09/26/2011 6:59:58 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Mr. Abdelkader Firzat should be grateful that the looters haven't brought
artillery with them.
3 posted on
09/26/2011 7:03:02 PM PDT by
Greysard
To: SunkenCiv
Planet of the Apes, 2011 style.
To: SunkenCiv
One of the best preserved Selucid sites on Earth,mind you it is hardly unique given how far that civilization went.
To: SunkenCiv
Not good. Although stealing antiquities for profit is better than destroying them through fanaticism, which may still be one of the results of the “Arab spring.” At least if they are stolen they may survive and eventually be returned to where they belong.
6 posted on
09/26/2011 7:10:45 PM PDT by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius.)
To: SunkenCiv
Interesting description in Wiki: Apamea was a treasure city and stud-depot of the Seleucid kings . . ."
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