The Syrian war is not only infamous of its many casualties but also because of the destruction of the most beautiful ancient history sites found all over the country. A year after ISIS took it, the Syrian city of Palmyra was recently retaken by Syrian forces backed by Russian airstrikes. Previously known as home to many of the world’s most treasured historical sites, now many artifacts were destroyed by the Islamic state forces in an anti iconoclastic purge. Now, Joseph Eid, a photographer for AFP news agency who took photos of the site just two years ago, has posted before-and-after images of the damage done by the terrorist attack.
“Of course the Temple of Bel will never be the same,” Syria’s antiquities and historical monuments director, Mamoun Abdulkarim, told the Times Of Israel. “According to our experts, we will definitely be able to restore a third of the destroyed cella, or maybe even more if we carry out additional studies with UNESCO’s help…I invite archaeologists and experts everywhere to come work with us because this site is part of the ancient history and heritage of all humanity.”
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Temple of Bel before and after it was destroyed by Isis in September 2015
The Arc de Triomphe (Triumph’s Arch)
The Temple of Bel dated back to 32AD
Security officials at the same temple site
The Temple of Baal Shamin seen used to be visible through these two columns
The remains of Temple of Bel’s “Cella”
Ruins of a statue in the Palmyra museum
Picture taken in the Palymra museum showing defaced sculptures
There will always be ignorant and crazy extremists. You cant just wipe them out, because that will just create more of them. you can only try and cut of thier supply: their money, the people that flock to them, their communication. Isis is a Symptom and we in 'the west' have taken part in creating the problem.
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This is painfull indeed. Still it feels silly to worry about the ancient art, when you hear about what they do to the people. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35728424 this is the story from a man in Raqqa
We focus on what they're doing to the people already, and that's good. I mean, good that it is made known. However, it's also good to see the other destruction as well. To show an all around view of their path of destruction. Anything to help every person stand against them.
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This is so sad, but at the same time - It all boils down to education doesn't it? If you don't know about history and archaeology, you wont understand why it is so important to preserve it.
They are terrorists and vandals of the worst kind by destroying everything that was built before Mohammed, they should be wiped off the face of this earth :(
Can Anyone Explain To Me Why Some People Or Groups Would Destroy Something Because They Believe It Bothers Imaginary Friend? What IDIOTS!!!!
Art & history is usually destroyed by half-wits who could never do anything similar themselves! I am glad this post puts in a good word for what Russia & official Syrian armies have been doing- fighting ISIS, may Allah burn them in hell!
They WILL. i am muslim and i am proud to muslim. But this aHoles who say they are following islam certainly not one. Becoz there is no such a thing in islam or in holy book of islam. They will sure burn in hell for eternity. Becoz murder is the biggest sin in islam after dishonesty towards religion. And these people doing both. So they WILL AND I PRAY FOR IT.
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worship god with the torn down temple since they dont want anyone worshiping him and not isis.
We must remind the world that these useless animals have NO purpose on earth!! Send them to HE'LL !!!
As sad as this is, unfortunately this is nothing new. Christians were destroying temples and Egyptian monuments/sculptures, and hieroglyphics as early as the 3,4, and 5th centuries.
However, back then, they were of abundance, and the Christians were not doing it because of a motive to destroy everything
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This is 100% the WORK OF ZIONIST JEWS INFESTING MY AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. When people don't place the blame exactly where it belongs then these wars will go on forever. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THIS TERRORISM IS COMING FROM? It's located in a building housing AIPAC war mongering jews here in America. You people of the world want wars in the Middle East to end? Now you know where the wars are originating from. At that building ZIONIST JEWS INFESTING AMERICA COME UP WITH WAR POLICIES FOR THE MIDDLE EAST. NOW YOU KNOW.
Thank you, this was the first composite of before and after pics. It gave me a headache. I was due to go to Syria in 2010 .
If these ISIS heathens can do this to your country your history why would anyone want to support them! What happens to them would be to capture them all make them work to rebuild your country.. I am sure we have technology they can put them all to sleep and when they wake up its surprise you now are working for us! Common the World has many modern Weapons you can not tell me they can not put a bunch of people to sleep instead having to bomb them! Just Saying!
AFTER ISIS? Well with full honesty I must tell you to f**k yourself very much. ISIS just continued the path. Asad, Russia, US, UK, France these are the bitches to blame more then the f*****g ISIS.
Every thing negative happening in this world now is the conspiracy Zionist billionaires with their some sole mate in Australia, Britain, France, and Saudi Arabia.
Not the same photo's, it's a con to make you believe that these pagan devil temples where destroyed so they can build replicas of the arch way In over 1000 major city's world wide in honour of Baal.
An amazing under taking you've done! We see all the disgusting violence and hatred towards people, we haven't really seen all this destruction they cause as well. History is in the architecture :( Terribly sad. Thanks for opening people's eyes to that too!
It is very very painful to see such remnants of the ancient cultures, which is the cradle of civilisation and origin of mankind, destroyed. Not a bit of consideration to the herculean efforts that the archaeologists and historians would have undertaken to preserve such monuments. Wiping these structures off doesn't have any justification, whatever may be their agenda.
Isis is nothing but blood sucking parasites. Shut them out and build a stronger community. Defense is our offense in this battle.
The buildings don't seem in a particularly good state to begin with - I wonder if they're going to "restore" them to their previous ruined state or actually restore them to their original magnificence? It seems a shame to go half hearted on something that will just weather away again so I hope they go the whole hog!
Waste Fellows. They don't know what they are doing. Idiots. From Indianmagz
They should rename themselves "Eye-Sores" for who they are and what they make.
I'd say the devastation inflicted by the war on the humans on the ground in Syria is heartbreaking. This deserves a lesser adjectice
There will always be ignorant and crazy extremists. You cant just wipe them out, because that will just create more of them. you can only try and cut of thier supply: their money, the people that flock to them, their communication. Isis is a Symptom and we in 'the west' have taken part in creating the problem.
Load More Replies... This is painfull indeed. Still it feels silly to worry about the ancient art, when you hear about what they do to the people. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35728424 this is the story from a man in Raqqa
We focus on what they're doing to the people already, and that's good. I mean, good that it is made known. However, it's also good to see the other destruction as well. To show an all around view of their path of destruction. Anything to help every person stand against them.
Load More Replies... This is so sad, but at the same time - It all boils down to education doesn't it? If you don't know about history and archaeology, you wont understand why it is so important to preserve it.
They are terrorists and vandals of the worst kind by destroying everything that was built before Mohammed, they should be wiped off the face of this earth :(
Can Anyone Explain To Me Why Some People Or Groups Would Destroy Something Because They Believe It Bothers Imaginary Friend? What IDIOTS!!!!
Art & history is usually destroyed by half-wits who could never do anything similar themselves! I am glad this post puts in a good word for what Russia & official Syrian armies have been doing- fighting ISIS, may Allah burn them in hell!
They WILL. i am muslim and i am proud to muslim. But this aHoles who say they are following islam certainly not one. Becoz there is no such a thing in islam or in holy book of islam. They will sure burn in hell for eternity. Becoz murder is the biggest sin in islam after dishonesty towards religion. And these people doing both. So they WILL AND I PRAY FOR IT.
Load More Replies... worship god with the torn down temple since they dont want anyone worshiping him and not isis.
We must remind the world that these useless animals have NO purpose on earth!! Send them to HE'LL !!!
As sad as this is, unfortunately this is nothing new. Christians were destroying temples and Egyptian monuments/sculptures, and hieroglyphics as early as the 3,4, and 5th centuries.
However, back then, they were of abundance, and the Christians were not doing it because of a motive to destroy everything
Load More Replies... This is 100% the WORK OF ZIONIST JEWS INFESTING MY AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. When people don't place the blame exactly where it belongs then these wars will go on forever. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THIS TERRORISM IS COMING FROM? It's located in a building housing AIPAC war mongering jews here in America. You people of the world want wars in the Middle East to end? Now you know where the wars are originating from. At that building ZIONIST JEWS INFESTING AMERICA COME UP WITH WAR POLICIES FOR THE MIDDLE EAST. NOW YOU KNOW.
Thank you, this was the first composite of before and after pics. It gave me a headache. I was due to go to Syria in 2010 .
If these ISIS heathens can do this to your country your history why would anyone want to support them! What happens to them would be to capture them all make them work to rebuild your country.. I am sure we have technology they can put them all to sleep and when they wake up its surprise you now are working for us! Common the World has many modern Weapons you can not tell me they can not put a bunch of people to sleep instead having to bomb them! Just Saying!
AFTER ISIS? Well with full honesty I must tell you to f**k yourself very much. ISIS just continued the path. Asad, Russia, US, UK, France these are the bitches to blame more then the f*****g ISIS.
Every thing negative happening in this world now is the conspiracy Zionist billionaires with their some sole mate in Australia, Britain, France, and Saudi Arabia.
Not the same photo's, it's a con to make you believe that these pagan devil temples where destroyed so they can build replicas of the arch way In over 1000 major city's world wide in honour of Baal.
An amazing under taking you've done! We see all the disgusting violence and hatred towards people, we haven't really seen all this destruction they cause as well. History is in the architecture :( Terribly sad. Thanks for opening people's eyes to that too!
It is very very painful to see such remnants of the ancient cultures, which is the cradle of civilisation and origin of mankind, destroyed. Not a bit of consideration to the herculean efforts that the archaeologists and historians would have undertaken to preserve such monuments. Wiping these structures off doesn't have any justification, whatever may be their agenda.
Isis is nothing but blood sucking parasites. Shut them out and build a stronger community. Defense is our offense in this battle.
The buildings don't seem in a particularly good state to begin with - I wonder if they're going to "restore" them to their previous ruined state or actually restore them to their original magnificence? It seems a shame to go half hearted on something that will just weather away again so I hope they go the whole hog!
Waste Fellows. They don't know what they are doing. Idiots. From Indianmagz
They should rename themselves "Eye-Sores" for who they are and what they make.
I'd say the devastation inflicted by the war on the humans on the ground in Syria is heartbreaking. This deserves a lesser adjectice
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