The first century temple, erected in 17 AD, to the Phoenician god of storms and fertilizing rains, was destroyed according to the London-based Syria Observatory of Human Rights. This architectural beauty was enlarged in 130 AD by the Roman Emperor Hadrian and has graced the desert floor for the last two thousand years basically unchanged, until the barbarians known as ISIS blew it up.
“Daesh [the Arabic acronym for ISIS] placed a large quantity of explosives in the temple of Baal Shamin today and then blew it up causing much damage to the temple,” Syria’s antiquities chief Maamoun Abdulkarim told AFP.
Abdulkarim also shared that prior to the destruction of the temple “82-years-old retired antiquities chief Khaled al-Asaad was beheaded by the jihadists”.
Our darkest predictions are unfortunately taking place,” said Abdulkarim. IS “carried out executions in the ancient theatre (of Palmyra), they destroyed in July the famous Lion Statue of Athena … and transformed the museum into a prison and a courtroom.”
Scaffolds have been erected for public executions of those who oppose IS at Palmyra.
The excavation for gold in this city of antiquity is now being carried out according to Syria’s antiquity chief to help fund their ISIS’ jihadist campaign.
Any who would say Islam is a religion of peace and not see it as barbarianism is dangerously naive.
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Sad but I do not have any earthly treasures
And obummer gives them an award with 100M dollars because one of them stubbed their toe right?
Agree with you 100% Billie Underwood!!
History repeating itself … Destroying the evidence
No respect for the past!
…and all in the name of religion!
Billie…Go drink another cup of Lipton’s and remember the true reasoning behind the Civil War and why that flag might be perceived as hateful…And don’t paint either Liberals or Conservatives with the same brush used in your comments.
They are wiping out ancient history
There goal is to wipe out Western Civilization
I hate all this destruction these are ancient!