UncategorizedGrave Robbers and War Steal Syria’s History | Caravan-Serai Tours

April 8, 2013by Brenda

A recent article from the NY Times about the devastation of Syria’s historical treasures.

EblaRuins

 

TELL MARDIKH, Syria — Ali Shibleh crawled through a two-foot-high tunnel until reaching a slightly larger subterranean space. He swung his flashlight’s beam into the dark.

A fighter opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, Mr. Shibleh was roaming beneath Ebla, an ancient ruin that for several decades has been one of Syria’s most carefully studied and publicly celebrated archaeological sites.

 

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