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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Artefacts from the ancient Greco-Roman city of Palmyra damaged by Islamic State are being restored by archaeologists working in Damascus
2019-01-11
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings;
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
— Shelley
But here men and women erase signs of the passage of ISIS, which thought to leave the world changed.
[Daily Mail]
  • Islamic State has twice seized control of the city during the country's civil war

  • Hundreds of artefacts were damaged by the jihadists force for their 'idolatry'

  • Experts are working to restore The Beauty of Palmyra and many other relics

  • The 1,800-year-old bust depicts a bejewelled and richly clothed woman
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