A monumental recreation of the destroyed Arch of Triumph in Palmyra, Syria, has been unveiled in London’s Trafalgar Square.
The 1,800-year-old arch was destroyed by Islamic State militants last October and the 6-metre (20ft) model, made in Italy from Egyptian marble, is intended as an act of defiance: to show that restoration of the ancient site is possible if the will is there.
— theguardian.com
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Two words:
Ka Boom!
good use of structural cellophane.
I think the better act of defiance is to scrape those "extremists" from the face of the planet.
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