CNN CNN International May 23, 2015 07:07:00
Greco-roman columns, arches, and amp thet ter. this caravan town had been an important stop on trade routes that once linked rome to east asia. seeing it left me humbled. it was a reminder that we are but small chapters in a much larger, longer, human story. and now this treasure stands at the mercy of an army of marauding nilists. isis leveled in the destruction of sumarian statues in mosul, bulldozing of a asyrian palace in nimrud. isis aren't the only groups that committed sins against world heritage in syria. in their battle for power, rebels, damaged the ancient bazaar in aleppo, fought o...
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