“ISIS recently blew up an ancient temple in Palmyra”

“ISIS recently blew up an ancient temple in Palmyra” 2015-09-24T19:45:56-06:00

 

Haykal Baal-Shemin
The Temple of Baal-Shemin, in Palmyra, in 2010
(Wikimedia CC, Bernard Gagnon)
Click to enlarge.

 

The brutal murders committed by the so-called “Islamic State” aren’t precisely redeemed by their determined cultural barbarism:

 

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/isis-blew-ancient-temple-palmyra-180956383/?no-ist

 

(Thanks to Ira Laney for reminding me of this tragic story.)

 

Posted from Mentor, Ohio

 

 


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