Might be a terrible thing to say, but it is a shame that those destroying these old manuscripts couldn't have been torched instead. Hopefully most of the things they have looted and sold will eventually be returned to the authorities in Iraq.
ISIS Torches 1,500 Historic Manuscripts In Iraq, Sells Looted Artifacts On Black Market: Report
By Morgan Winsor @MorganWinsorIBT on March 12 2015 11:00 PM EDT
The four gospels in Syriac, circa 5th century. ISIS reportedly torched 1,500 historic manuscripts in Iraq. Bodleian Libraries at University of Oxford
ISIS militants torched 1,500 ancient, historic manuscripts in Iraq and sold looted artifacts on the black market, one day after the terror group destroyed an archaeological site in biblical Nineveh, the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said at a symposium Wednesday, according to the Middle East Monitor.
During a symposium in Baghdad titled “ISIS: The Enemy of Humanity, History and Civilization,” undersecretary of Iraq’s tourism minister Qais Hussein Rashid listed archaeological sites that were damaged and ransacked by the Islamic State group.
Last week, ISIS militants “bulldozed” the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrudand demolished the ancient city Hatra in northern Iraq, south of ISIS-controlled Mosul. Days later, the Islamism extremists ransacked an ancient Assyrian city in modern Khorsabad, about nine miles from Mosul.
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ISIS Torches 1 500 Historic Manuscripts In Iraq Sells Looted Artifacts On Black Market Report?
ISIS Torches 1,500 Historic Manuscripts In Iraq, Sells Looted Artifacts On Black Market: Report
By Morgan Winsor @MorganWinsorIBT on March 12 2015 11:00 PM EDT
The four gospels in Syriac, circa 5th century. ISIS reportedly torched 1,500 historic manuscripts in Iraq. Bodleian Libraries at University of Oxford
ISIS militants torched 1,500 ancient, historic manuscripts in Iraq and sold looted artifacts on the black market, one day after the terror group destroyed an archaeological site in biblical Nineveh, the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said at a symposium Wednesday, according to the Middle East Monitor.
During a symposium in Baghdad titled “ISIS: The Enemy of Humanity, History and Civilization,” undersecretary of Iraq’s tourism minister Qais Hussein Rashid listed archaeological sites that were damaged and ransacked by the Islamic State group.
Last week, ISIS militants “bulldozed” the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrudand demolished the ancient city Hatra in northern Iraq, south of ISIS-controlled Mosul. Days later, the Islamism extremists ransacked an ancient Assyrian city in modern Khorsabad, about nine miles from Mosul.
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ISIS Torches 1 500 Historic Manuscripts In Iraq Sells Looted Artifacts On Black Market Report?
