This article was originally published in Redshift and is republished here with permission. In 2001, the Taliban destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan using dynamite, anti-aircraft ...
In August 2015, Isis destroyed the 2000-year-old Temple of Bel in the Syrian city of Palmyra. Nearly three years later, and the city has been razed further. Alongside untold suffering and loss of life ...