When ISIS fighters captured the Syrian city of Palmyra in 2015, militants stormed through museums and heritage sites, wreaking havoc on Palmyra’s ancient relics. Among the artifacts targeted by ISIS ...
The restored Lion of Al-lāt (all photos courtesy UNESCO unless otherwise noted) After ISIS militants wrecked the Palmyra museum in 2015 following their capture of the Syrian city, they left in their ...
Like resin time capsules, these statues contain flash drives loaded with information about their history. In the last year alone, members of ISIS have destroyed hundreds of ancient artifacts in ...
More than two decades ago, Britain's Royal Society of Arts decided something needed to be done with a prominent -- but empty -- space smack in the middle of London's Trafalgar Square. The platform, ...
A video released on Thursday by ISIS shows members of the terrorist organization destroying ancient Assyrian artifacts at the Mosul Museum and the nearby Nineveh archaeological site. “The prophet ...