Glad this is back in Turkish hands. /s The Turks built a dam and inundated the entire site of Zeugma..
Glad this is back in Turkish hands. /s The Turks built a dam and inundated the entire site of Zeugma..
Not cool how they always use the term “looted”. Most of this stuff was not even close to looted. And think of all the treasures lost in Egypt, Iraq, and Syria.
When things are looted, it prevents islam from destroying world heritage items that predate them by centuries.
But if the new Calphate is going to be established by a new force in conservative orthodox Islam, Mr. Ergogan, in Turkey what about the policy of no representations of human forms in art>
Are we going to see the new destruction impulse in Turkey that ruined the Bhuddas of Bamiyan or the wholesale destruction of Ephesus. These folks have shown some traits that do not bode well for items like this.
