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Another similar tragedy has been unfolding in Syria as we speak : http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/26/syria-heritage-in-ruins-before-and-after-picture

by _nedR 12y ago

Another similar tragedy has been unfolding in Syria as we speak : http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/26/syria-heritage-in-ruins-before-and-after-pictures http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/26/syria-heritage-... The 11th century Umayyad mosque is mostly destroyed. The state of the Crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers (one of the finest examples in the world) is currently unknown : http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26696113 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26696113 People forget the rich heritage of Syria from various ages going back through the Crusades, the Islamic Golden age, all the way to Mesopotamia and the cradle of civilization. The destructiveness of modern technology is erasing it all in one fell swoop.

omegaworks 12y ago
>The destructiveness of modern technology is erasing it all in one fell swoop. The destructiveness of global political, territorial and resource disputes endemic to the area is erasing it all again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh41Wxez9PE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh41Wxez9PE
- _nedR 12y ago
  Sorry. I should have been clearer. What I meant was that the effectiveness of modern weaponry, was destroying these monuments which have survived countless wars in the past.
kenver 12y ago
I was fortunate enough to go there as a tourist about a year before everything started getting blown up. It was a beautiful place with some of the most amazing heritage anywhere in the world. It's really hard to do it justice with words, but there was something very magical about the place. I still consider it to be the best place I've ever been to. Here are a few images I took while I was there. I have hundreds of photos, of places that probably no longer exist or are severely damaged. There is a particularly memorable photo there (to me) of some kids who were running around a mosque in Aleppo. Just behind the citadel in Aleppo was the souk which I think is also completely destroyed now. I remember having a conversation with a teenage boy there who was selling some soap (trying to rip me off!) that Aleppo was/is famous for. http://imgur.com/a/gkqlj#0 http://imgur.com/a/gkqlj#0

by _nedR 12y ago

omegaworks 12y ago

>The destructiveness of modern technology is erasing it all in one fell swoop. The destructiveness of global political, territorial and resource disputes endemic to the area is erasing it all again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh41Wxez9PE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh41Wxez9PE

_nedR 12y ago
Sorry. I should have been clearer. What I meant was that the effectiveness of modern weaponry, was destroying these monuments which have survived countless wars in the past.

kenver 12y ago

I was fortunate enough to go there as a tourist about a year before everything started getting blown up. It was a beautiful place with some of the most amazing heritage anywhere in the world. It's really hard to do it justice with words, but there was something very magical about the place. I still consider it to be the best place I've ever been to. Here are a few images I took while I was there. I have hundreds of photos, of places that probably no longer exist or are severely damaged. There is a particularly memorable photo there (to me) of some kids who were running around a mosque in Aleppo. Just behind the citadel in Aleppo was the souk which I think is also completely destroyed now. I remember having a conversation with a teenage boy there who was selling some soap (trying to rip me off!) that Aleppo was/is famous for. http://imgur.com/a/gkqlj#0 http://imgur.com/a/gkqlj#0