Concern is growing over the threat to the Roman antiquities of Sabratha after Isil supporters temporarily occupied the Libyan town. [...]
After the recent destruction of antiquities by Isil extremists in Iraq (Mosul, Nineveh, Nimrud and Hatra) and Syria (Palmyra), there is great concern about Libya. Sabratha, a Unesco World Heritage Site, was a Phoenician trading centre in the fifth-century BC and later became an important Roman port.
— theartnewspaper.com
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Which will it be for this gem?
Beheading? (hmmmmm)
Drowning? (kind of tuff in the desert)
Immolation? (kind of tuff on rock)
I guess boring old explosives will have to do the trick
I guess when there's some economic reason they move them, like abu simbel; culture doesn't pay, but it's a great pr stunt.
also, fear won't save anything
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