Ruined endangered Unesco sites from Palmyra to Jerusalem are virtually rebuilt before your very eyes

Daily Mail Online (and I need a break so I want to be a paperback writer) ^ | August 4, 2020 | Jennifer Newton and Ted Thornhill

[SunkenCiv]

Standby, we are going to take you back in time.

Architects and engineers have deployed digital wizardry to show what several endangered Unesco sites would have looked like had they been fully preserved - to highlight their significance and underscore their sheer majesty.

Scroll down to see the incredible digital makeovers... The Old City of Jerusalem and its walls... Hatra - Iraq... Nan Madol - Micronesia... Portobelo-San Lorenzo fortifications - Panama... Leptis Magna - Libya... Palmyra - Syria...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks to FReeper wishing to remain anonymous.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

[Bob434]

pretty cool stuff:

UNESCO is Rebuilding Babylon

“In 1985 Saddam Hussein began the arduous task of restoring the ancient city of Bablyon. He spent over 500 million dollars to reconstruct the city and build a modern residence on the ruins of Nebuchadnezzar’s palace. It is said that Saddam believed himself to be something of a reincarnated King Nebuchadnezzar. The Iraqi dictator imitated the ancient ruler by having his name inscribed on the bricks used to rebuild the city. He even went so far as to mint coins that emphasized the connection between himself and Nebuchadnezzar. Unfortunately for Saddam, his grand plans for the city of Babylon were interrupted by the US invasion of Iraq. However despite Saddam’s removal from power and subsequent execution, the work to rebuild Babylon has continued.

Today the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is pumping millions of dollars into Babylon and several other historical sites in Iraq. With the help of private donors the UN is hoping to turn Babylon in to a thriving center of tourism and commerce. If everything goes according to plan, Babylon will be a cultural center complete with shopping malls, hotels, and maybe even a theme park.”

https://www.khouse.org/enews_article/2007/1193/

[SunkenCiv]

Both of 'em had self-aggrandizement as a dominant characteristic.

[ktw]

Didn’t the Beatles have a song for that. Paperback writer?

[nutmeg]

Bookmark

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, I do that with Daily Mail stories once in a while, and no one had ever noticed before. :^)/blockquote>

[robowombat]

Calling Babylon 666.

[Larry Lucido]

“Standby, we are going to take you back in time.”

Who is Standby? Maybe they meant “stand by”?

[SaveFerris]

[UNESCO is Rebuilding Babylon

Today the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is pumping millions of dollars into Babylon and several other historical sites in Iraq. With the help of private donors the UN is hoping to turn Babylon in to a thriving center of tourism and commerce. If everything goes according to plan, Babylon will be a cultural center complete with shopping malls, hotels, and maybe even a theme park.”]

Wouldn’t surprise me if the U.N. winds up having its HQ there. I’m not saying the Bible specifically says so, I’m just saying it wouldn’t surprise me if it happened.

[Larry Lucido]

In my novel, his clinging wife understands perfectly.

[Larry Lucido]

Maybe H.E. Pennypacker can build a roller coaster.

[SaveFerris]

In 5 years those clothes will be noticeably musty!

[Cowboy Bob]

Maybe they can add Portland and Seattle to the list. So people can see what it was like before they turned Democrat.

[coon2000]

Ping

[aumrl]

Then at least, our dollars would be rebuilding our sites.

[OKSooner]

Well gee whiz.

Could possibly, eventually put certain scriptures into a different context that what one has always thought.

[Redcitizen]

Zechariah chapter 5 verses 5-11.

6 I asked, “What is it?”

He replied, “It is a basket.(H)” And he added, “This is the iniquity[b] of the people throughout the land.”

10 “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking to me.

11 He replied, “To the country of Babylonia[c](K) to build a house(L) for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”(M)

[Jan_Sobieski]

Zechariah 5:9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. 10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? 11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.