1.0Andrew Lawlerhttps://www.andrewlawler.com/contentAndrewLawlerhttps://www.andrewlawler.com/content/author/andrewlawler/Ancient sites savaged in Yemen, Iraq • Andrew Lawlerrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Z8oPxiVKy7"><a href="https://www.andrewlawler.com/content/ancient-sites-savaged-in-yemen-iraq/">Ancient sites savaged in Yemen, Iraq</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.andrewlawler.com/content/ancient-sites-savaged-in-yemen-iraq/embed/#?secret=Z8oPxiVKy7" width="600" height="338" title="“Ancient sites savaged in Yemen, Iraq” — Andrew Lawler" data-secret="Z8oPxiVKy7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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Across northern Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State (IS) group devastated antiquities during its reign of terror starting in 2014, pulverizing classical statues such as those of Palmyra in Syria and bulldozing a 3000-year-old ziggurat at Iraq’s Nimrud.https://www.andrewlawler.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/syria-1.jpg699393