You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Palmyra ruins mostly intact, Syria antiquities chief reports
2016-03-28
[IsraelTimes] After troops retake city from Islamic State, officials say only light damage suffered to artifacts at ancient site.
This will comfort all those who were more worried about the suffering of ancient stones than living people in that part of the world.

Update from The Times of Israel at 1:30 p.m. ET: The ruins are fine, except for the ISIS bombs tucked away here and there, but much in the antiquities museum was broken or sold. Still, the most important of the portables were taken away by the Syrian army when they retreated from the invaders, and are safe.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  I value those ruins more than most of the people in that region because of the behavior of those people.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2016-03-28 16:57  

#2  Don't worry, Putin is helping make new ruins quite nicely. Couldnt think of a better bunch to have their modern cities ruined. You want the 6th century? Happy to oblige!
Posted by: Glirong Sninetle9199   2016-03-28 11:50  

#1  And press communiques continue to be cheaper and more plentiful than actual high explosives. Propagandists can "blow up" ancient nonstrategic ruins out in the middle of nowhere far cheaper than actually expending the ordinance to shift around some rocks, and you still get all the crazy man-child jihadi recruits as if you'd actually blown them up in the real world. What a surprise.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2016-03-28 11:24  

00:00